chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10-cent coin (originally of silver), fromdime"a tenth, tithe" (late 14c.), from Old Frenchdisme(Modern Frenchdîme) "a tenth part" and directly from Medieval Latindecima, from Latindecima (pars)"tenth (part)," fromdecem"ten" (from PIE root*dekm-"...
[Latindēmulcēns, dēmulcent-, present participle ofdēmulcēre,to soften:dē-,de-+mulcēre,to stroke.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company...
so making a clear distinction between them is important.Munificentandbeneficentcan both be found in discussions about charitable giving.Munificentmeans “lavish” or “generous” and comes from the Latin wordmunus, meaning “service” or “gift.”Beneficentmeans “doing or producing...
chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10-cent coin (originally of silver), fromdime"a tenth, tithe" (late 14c.), from Old Frenchdisme(Modern Frenchdîme) "a tenth part" and directly from Medieval Latindecima, from Latindecima (pars)"tenth (part)," fromdecem"ten" (from PIE root*dekm-"...
Frenchmunificence, from Latinmunificentia"bountifulness, liberality, generosity," from stem ofmunificus"generous, bountiful, liberal," literally "present-making," frommunus"gift or service; function, task, duty, office" (seemunicipal) + unstressed stem offacere"to do" (from PIE root*dhe-"to ...
1610s, "person or thing a foot and a half long," from Latin sesquipedalia "a foot-and-a-half long," from sesqui- "half as...As an adjective in English from 1650s, in reference to words, containing or measuring a foot and a half...The meaning "sesquipedalian word" (1830) is fr...
This is reconstructed to be from a PIE root*reudh-"red, ruddy," the only color for which a definite common PIE root word has been found. It also is the root of nativeruddy,rust, and, via Latin,ruby,rubric,russet, etc. Along withdead,bread(n.),lead(n.1), its long vowel shortene...