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The Word Origin: Words, Cliches, Expressions, and Brand Names: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar by Accord Publishing, 2009-08-01

Dictionary of Word Origins by John Ayto, 1990

Camp Fossil Eyes: Digging for the Origins of Words by Mark Abley, 2009-09-01

Phrase and word origins;: A study of familiar expressions by Alfred Hubbard Holt, 1961

The Way of Chinese Characters: The Origins of 400 Essential Words by Jian-Hsin Wu, 2007-06-30

Webster's New Explorer Dictionary of Word Origins by Merriam-Webster, 2004-06-30

Ntc's Dictionary of Word Origins (NTC Business Books) by Adrian Room, 1994-04

Stories Behind Words: The Origins and Histories of 285 English Words by Peter R. Limburg, 1986-01

Get to the Roots: A Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins by Martin H. Manser, 1992-05

Only Believe: Examining the Origin and Development of Classic and Contemporary "Word of Faith" Theologies by Paul L King, 2009-01-15

Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words (Alabama Fire Ant) by William A. Read, 2008-09-28

Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins (Cassell Dictionary of...) by Nigel Rees, 2002-05-28

The Cartoon Book Of Medical Word Origins by Ray Poritsky, 2006-02-22

Pedigree;: The origins of words from nature, by Stephen Potter, 1974

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Osirus Online | Sources... - Word Sleuth - Word Origins, Derivation, Etymon...at
Wizard Enter the realm of the Word Wizard, if you like to learn about words andphrases and the study of word origins you will want to check this site out.
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Extractions: Updated: June 2nd, 2002 If you're looking for the origins of words, then look no further than the great resources I've assembled for you below. If you have any links or sites that you think should be added here, please advise me Sources Reference Desk Word Sleuth NEW! Word for Word From Terry O Connor is Word for Word, here you'll find the origins of unusual words and phrases, plus intelligent and spirited discussion on words and their meanings. As well as other site offerings, see below... Key Site Features Word Articles Word Forum Word Archive Take Our Word For It Etymology maniacs everywhere will want to check out this great site. Created by Melanie Jeanes and Mike Crowley, it has been featured in Yahoo! Internet Life and other magazines. Each week they focus on words and their origins, as well as taking requests from visitors. A great site, check it out. Key Site Features Spotlight - Words of the week Words to the Wise - A question and answer section The Maven's Word of The Day Ever come across a word that doesn't mean what you thought it did? Or just wonder what a "deipnosophist" is? Now you can find the origins of many
Word Origins Resources At Questia - The Online Library Of Books
The World's Largest Online Library. word origins. Questia has dozens of booksand journal articles on word origins. Selected Resources on word origins.
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Information Outpost's Web Site Directory: Category Listings For Word Origins
Current Directory Category word origins. Information Outpost's Web Site DirectoryCategory Path Top Level Reference word origins word origins.
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HallLanguages.com :: Dictionary Of Word Origins
You are here Languages Etymology Dictionary of word origins. Search (books). Dictionary of word origins. 80% Recommended by our customers.
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Extractions: Very fine work, although at around 8000 words the book is certainly not an exhaustive reference. I use it to supplement my Chambers Etymology along with several other word histories. What it lacks in quantity it makes up in quality. The British spelling is a bit annoying at times but that is a minor gripe. The book is a wonderful "browser" as well as a practical reference. Overall, a must-have for any English etymology enthusiast. I was fortunate to locate a (mint) hardcover edition and I find that format much more durable and pleasing to use than a paperback.
HallLanguages.com :: Word Origins: An Exploration And History Of Words And Langu
HallLanguages.com word origins An Exploration and History of Words andLanguage. word origins An Exploration and History of Words and Language.
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Extractions: A lot of hard work and passion went into this book, and it shows. Mr. Funk has written a classic book on word origins which is fun for any scrabble lover, scholar, or souled individual. Arranged into topics from business to war to flowers, the author explains the most likely origins behind everyday words and expressions. "Laconic," for example, means brief and blunt. Its origins, more than 2600 years ago, take it back to the Greek Wars. The Laconians, when told by an ambassador that "if we come to your city we will raze the walls and kill everyone." The Laconians reply? "If." Or take the origins of the word "bread." Originally it meant a piece. With time, it came to mean the whole loaf. By reading through "word origins" you will learn that many words were named after people or places. Other words are corruptions of other languages. Some words are simple "borrowed" from other languages. (called "loan words," but who gives them back?) Some other words have origins lost in time. I enjoyed reading "Word Origins" and go back to it, again and again, when I am curious about a word or phrase. If you have any interest in this area, you should enjoy this book. Well done, a good read.
More Word Origins 6
Check When your teacher tells you to check your work , they may not be thinkingof it as a number related word, but between its ancient origins, and its
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Extractions: Adjacent The word adjacent is used to represent things that are next to , or close to, each other. This closely reflects the origin of the word. The ad prefix implies near or toward. The major root is from the Latin word for "being thrown down", jacere . Literally then, adjacent angles are "thrown beside" each other. The word is closely related to adjective, which shares the same two roots in the same order, with only a slight variation in the form that indicates their different routes into modern English. An adjective is often syntactically placed between an article and a noun and thus is adjacent to the noun it modifies. The "throw" base of the root is more evident in words like project and eject. Annulus When two circles share a common center, the area between the smaller and the larger is referred to as an annulus (see figure). It should remind you of the annual rings you have seen on tree stumps. It is hard to resist the temptation to try to connect annual, annul, and annulus. Any connection that exists must relate to the early root of the word null, nullus , for none or nothing. The symbol for the null quantity is the circular zero, clearly looking like an annulus and an annual ring; and something that is annulled is treated as if it had not happened. However remote the etymology of the three words, they can each help you remember the others if you link them together in your mind.
More Word Origins 7
of the origins of numeracy from the book A CALCULATING PEOPLE by Patricia ClineCohen, which I felt was too good to paraphrase. The word numeracy is a
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Extractions: Here is a picture of a Chinese Abacus from the excellent web site of Luis Fernandes. Click on the abacus and it will link you to his site where you can learn more about the history and use of the abacus, and even use a java applet of several different types of abaci (The plural of abacus may either be abacuses or abaci. In the second version the "ci" sounds like "sigh"). The word abacus, sometimes with the spelling abbacus, is often used to mean arithmetic or computation in general. In a posting to the Historia-Matematica newsgoup Heinz Lueneburg wrote, "Concerning the Italian use of the word "abbaco" my Italian-German dictionary of the 19th century says that abbaco means 'elementary reckoning'. ... One finds the word with this meaning in Carlo Collodi, Le avventure di Pinocchio. Lots of editions.
BrowserWise Search!
Results 1 through 6 of 6 for word origins Research word origins at QuestiaQuestia online library offers more than 70,000 books and journal articles.
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Dictionary.com/Bookstore: Dictionary Of Word Origins
Bookstore. Dictionary of word origins, Dictionary of word origins.by John Ayto Learn about the hidden and often surprising histories
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Extractions: Bookstore by John Ayto Learn about the hidden and often surprising histories of and connections between English words and their non-English ancestors. Perhaps the best inexpensive etymological dictionary available today. Buy it now from Amazon.com! Find more books like this ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH US
Note On Word Origins
It is both remarkable and telling that the origins of many of our commonly used Whatname for several breeds of dogs originated in the French word for Spaniard
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Extractions: The story of English covered by the series of games includes the origins of words that range from aardvark (fr. Afrikaans' earth pig ) and boondocks (fr. Tagalog's mountain ) through manicotti (fr. Italian's muffs ) and silhouette (fr. Etienne de Silhouette , 18th century French controller of finances) to zwieback (fr. German's twice baked ) and zygote (fr. Greek's yoked ). It is both remarkable and telling that the origins of many of our commonly used or "everyday" words - in contrast to the exotic - reveal some of the most fascinating, peculiar, and memorable aspects of the language. Indeed, they form the backbone of the story of English, and underscore its linguistic uniqueness. To a large extent, they explain English's climb from primitive obscurity to global prominence. "What name for several breeds of dogs originated in the French word for Spaniard ? Is the literal French meaning of potpourri pouring pot, little poor pot, or rotten pot? What slang term for a five-dollar bill came from the Yiddish word finf ? What does a Melanesian mean when he says, in pidgin English, he's going to
Intriguing Word Origins By Prof M.E.Ozan
SOME INTRIGUING word origins. Prof. Mahmut Esat Ozan The TurkishForum. Dr. Kaya Buyukataman, the President of the Turkish Forum
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Extractions: S OME I NTRIGUING W ORD O RIGINS Prof. Mahmut Esat Ozan: The Turkish Forum D r. Kaya Buyukataman, the President of the Turkish Forum was amused by the origin of the word 'alo' a word which the inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell, had started to use to greet his friends which later on became 'hello' in English . After reading Kaya's interesting anecdote, I decided to share with you some of the other intriguing word origins we have in English. This way we will forget for a while, the serious problems we've been dealing with lately. It'll be a mental recreation for most of us. If any of my former students read the following, they'll remember me mentioning them in my linguistics classes.... T he first one will be the word 'assassin.' The explanation goes like this: The word assassin is a remnant of I I I t took some time but we finally came to the end of our not only historical but also the etymological lessons. So let us cover our fires and have our "Curfew until we meet again at another time. meozan@aol.com
Word Origins
word origins. Special thanks to TIMES DICTIONARY OF word origins by John Origins andMERRIAM WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY 10th ed. LogoTLC21.jpg (8991 bytes).
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Extractions: ABOUT THE CENTER COMMON MISTAKES ANNOUNCEMENTS CULTURAL POINTS ... SHU You are the to our web site. Word Origins Cynical: Latin, for showing the attitude of a Cynic. A cynic is a person that distrusts the selfish motivations of humans. According to them an infliction most of mankind is cursed with. The word cynic comes from a group of Greek philosophers founded about 400BC by Antisthenes, a student of Socrates'. They advocated virtue and self control. Their desire for perfect human behavior lead to constantly complaining and attacking the failures and faults of their fellowman and his societies. Which is why a person who always sees the faults in things is called cynical. Fraud: Is from the Latin word fraus which original meant to injury, harm. Fraus then evolved to mean deceit and finally to error. The English word fraud kept the second meaning deceit. Zany: Italian for a traditional masked clown. The name of a character in the Italian comedy Commedia dell'arte.
-imp Word Origins
IMP word origins. -amp amp (1) short for Andre Ampere (1775-1836),a French electrical scientist. 2) short for 'amplifier
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Extractions: clamp : an OE source akin to MDu klampe cramp : ME crampe, supposedly from OF, but more likely from a common source in Franconian (an old Germanic language), from Gmc *krampas damp : ME (= foul gas), akin to MDu (= vapor, gas); both from Gmc *dampas (prob. = fog, stagnant air) gamp : British slang, from Sarah Gamp, a character in Charles Dickens' * Martin Chuzzlewit *. She was a nurse who carried a large umbrella. hamp : akin to Fris homp gramp : mumbled child-word form of 'grandfather' lamp : ME lampe, from OF, from L lampas, from Gk lampein (to shine) pamp : akin to ModE pamper, ME pamperen; prob ODu or OFris, from Gmc *pamperan ramp : both (1) and (2) from OF ramper (to rise up), prob. from Franconian, from Gmc *rampan scamp : MDu schampen, from both slamp : poss. ModE slam + ModE slip stamp : ME stampen and OE stempan, from Gmc *stempjan
22. Word Origins
UNITED STATES EARLY RADIO HISTORY THOMAS H. WHITE. s e c t i o n 22, word originsNext Section Early Government Regulation (19031946);
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Extractions: Word Origins Next Section Early Government Regulation (1903-1946) Previous Section Fakes, Frauds, and Cranks (1866-1922) Home Page Table of Contents / Site Search Jump to Section... Home / Table of Contents / Site Search 1. Period Overview 2. The Electric Telegraph 3. News and Entertainment by Telephone 4. Personal Communication by Wireless 5. Radio at Sea 6. Early Radio Industry Development 7. Pioneering U.S. Radio Activities 8. Alternator-Transmitter Development 9. Arc-Transmitter Development 10. Audion and Vacuum-tube Receiver Development 11. Pre-War Vacuum-tube Transmitter Development 12. Pioneering Amateurs 13. Radio During World War One 14. Expanded Audion and Vacuum-tube Development 15. Amateur Radio After World War One 16. Broadcasting After World War One 17. Big Business and Radio 18. Broadcasting Becomes Widespread 19. The Development of Radio Networks 20. Financing Radio Broadcasting 21. Fakes, Frauds, and Cranks 22. Word Origins 23. Early Government Regulation 24. Original Articles
CheatHouse.com - History Of The English Language - Word Origins, How English Was
history of the english language word origins, how english was derived. Note!The sentences in this essay are shuffled, making this essay unusable .
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Extractions: William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, invaded and conquered England and the Anglo-Saxons in 1066 AD. The new overlords spoke a dialect of Old French known as Anglo-Norman. The Normans were also from Germany and Anglo-Norman was a French dialect that had considerable Germanic influences in add Note! The sentences in this essay are shuffled, making this essay unusable
Re Helloword Origins
Re helloword origins. The information you need can be found in any good dictionarywhich has word origins, ie word histories (etymologies) in it.
http://www.linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/archive-1997.5/msg00776.html
Trivia: Word Origins
Trivia word origins. The word quiz came into the English vocabularyduring the eighteenth century in a unique manner. A Dublin
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Extractions: The word "quiz" came into the English vocabulary during the eighteenth century in a unique manner. A Dublin theater owner named Mr. Daly made a bet that he could force a new word into the English language within 24 hours. He hired school children to paint "quiz" on the sides of buildings all around the city, and by the next morning everybody was talking about the new word. This is how "quiz" has come to mean a puzzle or a test. What subatomic particle takes its name from a fanciful term in James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake This week's winners will each win two LSC movie tickets and one large tub of popcorn, courtesy of LSC. Showing this weekend: Fri 7:30 p.m. The Postman Always Rings Twice in 10-250 Sat 7 p.m. Hamlet in 26-100 Send your answer to trivia@the-tech.mit.edu by 3 p.m. Wednesday. Two random drawings from all of the correct entries will be held to determine this week's two winners. This feature was brought to you by the CAC Program Board. Today's factoids are by the MIT Quiz Bowl team. Members of the quiz bowl team are not eligible. This story was published on .
Trivia: Answer To Word Origins
Trivia Answer to word origins. Congratulations to James Snyder andMary Agner who both knew that the quark takes its name from a
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Extractions: Congratulations to James Snyder and Mary Agner who both knew that the quark takes its name from a fanciful term in James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, with the quote being "Three quarks for Muster Mark!" This term was applied to the particle by Murray Gell-Mann in 1964. Another physicist, George Zweig, developed a similar theory independently that same year and called his fundamental particles "aces." If Zweig's idea had prevailed, the "flavors" of quarks could have been replaced by "suits!" James and Mary each win a pair of tickets and a large popcorn, both provided by LSC. Showing this weekend: Fri 7:30 p.m. The Postman Always Rings Twice in 10-250 Sat 7 p.m. Hamlet in 26-100 This feature was brought to you by the CAC Program Board. Today's factoids provided by the MIT Quiz Bowl team. This story was published on October 10, 1997.
UptownCity: Directory, Language, Languages, Words, Word Origins, Sounds...
A Word With You Enjoy language and word play? History of Language Origins A historyof the study of language origins and the gestural primacy hypothesis.
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Extractions: A fascinating guide to the richness and diversity of the English language. New Edition. Words are the building blocks of language, but their derivations are often stories in themselves. Have you ever wondered why we wear perfume, read magazines, vote for candidates and speak in jargon? With entries from assassin to villain, the authors explain the origins of 300 words.

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