`Etymology and Magic: Yaska's Nirukta, Plato's Cratylus, and the Riddle of Semantic Etymologies.' Numen, 48 (2001): 147-203.Bronkhorst, Johannes. 2001. Etymology and Magic: Yaska's Nirukta, Plato's Cratylus, and the Riddle of Semantic Etymologies. Numen, Vol. 48, No. 2. Pp. 147...
is perhaps "to know the future." The meaning "one with magical power, one proficient in the occult sciences" did not emerge distinctly until c. 1550, the distinction between philosophy and magic being blurred in the Middle Ages. As a slang word meaning "excellent" it is recorded from 1922...
late 14c., magike, "art of influencing or predicting events and producing marvels using hidden natural forces," also "supernatural art," especially the art of controlling the actions of spiritual or superhuman beings; from Old French magique "magic; magical," from Late Latin magice "sorcery, ...
the reanalysis of a word by native speakers into a new element or elements, e.g.hamburger(properly ‘from Hamburg’) being split intoham-and-burger;and the subsequent combination of-burgerwith a number of words in which it is used to mean ‘ground patty.’ ...
“The Arabic form al-kimiya’ is the origin of the word alchemy which is used to denote the science of alchemy which preceded modern chemistry. Kimiya’ without the Article “al” is the origin of the word chemistry. In Arabic the word al-kimiya’ means both alchemy and chemistry, Some ...
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Eleventhspeaktherootword"cedere" Student:howcanthetwowords"succeed"and"decease"havethe sameroot?Aretheynotexactlytheopposite?Icanhardly imaginethemeaningofthisroot. Teacher:actually,ifyouknewthemeaningoftheroot,you wouldn'tbesurprised.TherootofthetwowordisLatincedere. Variantsofthesamerootalsoincludecess-,...
The first word of the Bible, namely בראשית (bresheet), is commonly translated with "in the beginning", but, as we point out in our article on the noun βατραχος (batrachos), meaning frog, it could very easily pass for a diminutive of ראש (rosh)...
For Micah the second part of the name is כה, which is equal to the word כה (koh), the demonstrative adverb of manner, place or time: thus, here, making Micah to mean Who's There? But, more attractively, כה may also be seen as to come from כהה (kaha), ...
英语单词词源100讲(第11-20讲)(The 100 etymology of English words (Part 11-20)) The 100 etymology of English words (Part 11-20) Eleventh speak the root word cedere Student: how can the two words succeed and decease have the same root? Are they not exactly the opposite? I can hardly ...