+ -al (1) or from Old French ocasionel and directly from Medieval Latin occasionalis. Meaning "casual" is 1560s. Meaning "happening on or pertaining to a particular occasion" is from 1630s. Of furniture, etc., "adapted for use on special occasions," from 1749. Middle English had also...
"of, on, or in the back of the head," 1540s, from French occipital, from Medieval Latin… See origin and meaning of occipital.
Changeintheformof awordorphraseresultingfromamistakenassumptionaboutitscompositionormeaning,as inshamefacedforearliershamfast,"boundbyshame,"orcutletfromFrenchcôtelette,"littlerib." AmericanHeritage®DictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,FifthEdition.Copyright©2016byHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.Publishedby...
The word αντιχριστος (antichristos), literally meaning disanointed, occurs only in the epistles of John (see full concordance): John writes that God is light and we cannot walk in the darkness and simultaneously have fellowship with him (1 John 1:5-6) or other humans (1...
An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name Shaveh. We'll discuss the original Hebrew, plus the words and names Shaveh is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the Bible.
tonto and its cognates (e.g., It. tonto, Rom. tont)‘foolish, sillyʼ. Cognates lacking -n- (e.g., OOcc. toti, Lad. totl, Friul. toto), all meaning ‘fool, imbecileʼ lead her to reconstruct as the immediate source of the adjectives at issue Proto-Romance */'tott-u/ ~ ...
If "astro-" refers to the stars, and "deutero-" means "second", what is the meaning of the Greek word "nomos", from which the English ending "-nomy" is derived? From Quiz It's All Geek to Me! Answer: law Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Tanakh/Old Testament, recaps the laws...
Ruth and I at a June wedding! I look a little crazy. Also I have new glasses now. Ruth looks cute and smart, of course :). So it’s been a long while and I’ve been meaning to update my site/you all with our latest news: this fallRuthand I will be starting at theManship Sc...
"woman hired by the day to do odd work," 1590s, from Middle English char, cherre "turn of… See origin and meaning of charwoman.
It is proposed that +smitan reflects a borrowed Semitic word derived from the root :f.md which means a certain kind of weapon for striking or throwing in Ugaritic and 'to strike' in Arabic, and which has what seems to be a related root :f.mt meaning 'to vanquish' in Ugaritic. It ...