For more about words foroakand related things, see the Celtiadur post:Oak (trees) Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots, via Gaulish*tannos(oak) and Latintannum(oak bark), includetan(pulped oak bark used in the tanning process of leather) in French,tano(stem, slip) in Galician,tanería...
It is an uncomfortable feeling for an editor to discover that they have used a word for decades believing that they understood its meaning, only to discover that isn’t the case at all. I expect that you, too, think that you know the meaning of the word I have in mind. But since it...
Theophrastus (Hist. Plant, i. 1, 搂 11) speaks of the fiv/cns and the vhvov as having neither root, stem (icavkos) branch, bud, leaf, flower, nor fruit, neither again bark, pith, fibies, nor veins; but in i. 5, 搂3, he speaks of the stem (KavXo'i) of the fjLi>KT]...
Local authorities have ordered employees to stop using the words and phrases on documents and when communicating with members of the public and to rely on wordier alternatives instead. The ban has infuriated classical scholars who say it is diluting the world’s richest language and is the “lin...
Theophrastus (Hist. Plant, i. 1, 搂 11) speaks of the fiv/cns and the vhvov as having neither root, stem (icavkos) branch, bud, leaf, flower, nor fruit, neither again bark, pith, fibies, nor veins; but in i. 5, 搂3, he speaks of the stem (KavXo'i) of the fjLi>KT]...