Aeroplane, first recorded in 1866, is made up of the prefix aero-, “air, aviation,” and the word plane, referring to the structure designed to keep an air vehicle aloft. Originally the plane in such contexts was imagined as flat, hence the choice of the word plane; in pract...
to indicate the degree or nature of the intoxication, and in many similes as fou as a buckie, a piper, a puggie, a wilk, the Baltic, the ee o' a pick (see Ee, n., 2. (2)), etc., etc., in some of which fou partly retains its meaning 1. Deriv. fouish, slightly drunk, ...
The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms. It is professional enough to satisfy academic standards, but accessible enough to
sex(n.) late 14c., "males or females considered collectively," from Latinsexus"a sex, state of being either male or female, gender," a word of uncertain origin. "Commonly taken withsecoas division or 'half' of the race" [Tucker], which would connect it tosecare"to divide or cut" ...
etymologyn(origin of a specific word)SCSimplified Chinese词源学cí yuán xué TCTraditional Chinese詞源學 One of Jillian's hobbies is investigating the etymologies of various words. 在这些条目还发现'etymology': 中文: 词源 同义词:derivation,word origins,word history,development of vocabulary,historical...
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Populations within a species that show recognizable, inherited differences but are capable of interbreeding freely are called subspecies, races, or varieties. splendens (n) (For example: Haworthia magnifica var. splendens) acanthodes A Latin word meaning spiny. (For example: Ferocactus acanthodes)...
n.民间词源;俗词源学 网络文字之通俗变化;民俗词源学;通俗词源学 权威英汉双解 英汉 英英 网络释义 folk.etymology 显示所有例句 n. 1. 民间词源;俗词源学a process by which a word is changed, for example because of a mistaken belief that it is related to another word, or to make a foreign word...
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