Trends ofmerrily Sharemerrily ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/merrily Etymology of merrily by etymonline Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of merrily. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved January 3, 2025, from https://www.etymonline.com/word/merrily Harper Douglas, “Etymology of merri...
and in some of them the word has narrowed to mean "husband." PIE had two other "man" roots:*uiHro"freeman" (source of Sanskritvira-, Lithuanianvyras, Latinvir, Old Irishfer, Gothicwair; see*wi-ro-) and*hner"man," a title more of honor than*uiHro(source of Sanskritnar-, Armenian...
If we were to compress the universe back to its singularity (something like this is routinely done in large hardon colliders in physics labs), these different forces would merrily align and blend together without any bit of them getting violated. It's all part of how everything works: like...
(ζωνη,zone). Greek athletes, famously, dropped restricting belts and loin cloths altogether and merrily competed in the nude. In our article on the verbκολυμβαω(kolumbao), to swim or plunge into a pool, we argue that collective nudity was a thing typical to Greeks but ...
"Carolingian," 1781, from FrenchCarlovingien, an alteration ofCarolingien(seeCarolingian) on model ofMérovingien(seeMerovingian). Advertisement Trends ofMerovingian ShareMerovingian ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/Merovingian Etymology of Merovingian by etymonline Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymo...
. in place names and surnames), "an unmarried woman (usually young); the Virgin Mary;" shortening ofmaiden(n.). Like that word, used in Middle English of unmarried men as well as women (as inmaiden-man, c. 1200, which was used of both sexes, reflecting also the generic use ofman...
merrily(adv.) late 14c.,mirili"in a merry manner, cheerfully;" from Old Englishmyriglice"pleasantly, melodiously;" seemerry+-ly(2). merriment(n.) 1570s, "comedic or mirthful entertainment," from from obsolete verbmerry"be happy; make happy" (Old Englishmyrgan; seemerry(adj.)) +-me...
Specific and pejorative sense of "sinful sexual desire, degrading animal passion" (now the main meaning) developed in late Old English from the word's use in Bible translations (such as lusts of the flesh to render Latin concupiscentia carnis in I John ii:16); the cognate words in ...
Originally a colloquial or slang word. Meaning "something not real or to no purpose, someone not to be taken seriously" is from 1791.Black jokeis old slang for "smutty song" (1733), from use of that phrase in the refrain of a then-popular song as a euphemism for "the monosyllable."...
Harper, Douglas. “Etymology of middle passage.” Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/middle passage. Accessed 23 January, 2025. D. Harper. “Etymology of middle passage.” Online Etymology Dictionary. https://www.etymonline.com/word/middle passage (accessed January 23,...