Word History Etymology Middle Englishorigine, from Latinorigin-, origo, fromoririto rise — more atoriententry2 First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1 Time Traveler The first known use of
This word (origin) from a Latin word and the original meaning is quite different from what it is today. (所给词的适当形式填空) 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 originates 【详解】 考查动词。句意:这个词起源于一个拉丁词,它的原意与今天的意思大不相同。此处在and之前的句子中作谓语,应用动词orig...
1.(Linguistics) the study of the sources and development of words and morphemes 2.(Linguistics) an account of the source and development of a word or morpheme [C14: via Latin from Greeketumologia;see etymon, -logy] etymologicaladj
Focus= Latin word means fireplace, as fireplace was the central point of any room in ancient times. Emmetropia= Greek “em” = within, “metro’ = measure & “opia” = eye. Acuity= Latin acuo - to sharpen (similar word of origin acupuncture,acute,just note the use of Acuo) ...
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"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." ...
Aside from this, we hope that readers will find some of the etymologies (word origins) discussed to be diverting in and of themselves. Throughout, readers are invited to consult references1234 for the sources of etymologies, as well as Latin5 and Greek6 dictionaries. The interested reader is...
then you can savor the romantic sound of the word’s French origin. And if you despise the smell you can always trace the roots of the word slightly further back, and take solace in the fact that one of the French elements ofpotpourri,pourri, can be traced to the same Latin word that...
, either alone or with various modifiers or adjuncts, combines with a subject to make a sentence" [Century Dictionary]. It is from Old Frenchverbe"word; word of God; saying; part of speech that expresses action or being" (12c.) and directly from Latinverbum"verb," originally "a word."...
Originating from Latin Latinus, meaning "belonging to Latium," the word Latin refers to the language of ancient Romans and possibly derives from PIE *stela- "to s...