That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning. 2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection. ...
(Mharatta), from MarathiMaratha, corresponding to SanskritMaharastrah, literally "great country," frommaha-"great" (from PIE root*meg-"great") +rastra"kingdom," fromraj"to rule" (from PIE root*reg-"move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line," ...
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cover," especially with a roof. It forms all or part of:deck(n.) "covering over part of a ship;"deck(v.) "adorn;"deckle;detect;integument;protect;protection;stegosaurus;tegular;tegument;thatch;thug;tile;Tuileries. ...
"the ascription of human qualities to a deity," from anthropomorphous + -ism. In… See origin and meaning of anthropomorphism.
Entries linking totank top tank(n.1) 1610s, "pool or lake for irrigation or drinking water," a word originally brought by the Portuguese from India, from a Hindi source, such as Gujaratitankh"cistern, underground reservoir for water," Marathitanken, ortanka"reservoir of water, tank." Perh...
"below the red" (in the spectrum), from infra- + red (adj.1). As a noun, also from 1873. See origin and meaning of infra-red.
off(prep., adv.) by c. 1200 as an emphatic form of Old Englishof(seeof), employed in the adverbial use of that word. The prepositional meaning "away from" and the adjectival sense of "farther" were not firmly fixed in this variant until 17c., but once they were they left the origi...
"hollow," in reference to the depression in which it stands. Used allusively in English… See origin and meaning of timbuktu.
1935, from a native name in Ghana for the disease. also from1935 Trends ofkwashiorkor Sharekwashiorkor ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/kwashiorkor Etymology of kwashiorkor by etymonline Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of kwashiorkor. Online Etymology...
In regard to the meaning of something said or written, obscure is general, being founded upon the figure of light which is insufficient to enable one to see with any clearness; this figure is still felt in all the uses of the word. [Century Dictionary, 1895] obscurantism (n.) "oppositi...