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Dictionary of Latin and Greek Origins: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classical Origins of English Words by Bob Moore and Maxine Moore, 2000 The Derivative Spelling-Book: Giving the Origin of Every Word from the Greek, Latin, Saxon, German, Teutonic, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Other Languages, ... Their Present Acceptation and Pronunciation by John Rowbotham, 2010-03-10 Once upon a Word: True Tales of Word Origins by Rob Kyff, 2003-04-01 The Origin of the Word Amen: Ancient Knowledge the Bible Has Never Told by O. Kwame Osei, 2006 Abracadabra to Zombie: More Than 300 Wacky Word Origins by Don L. Wulffson, 2003-11-10 Bees' Knees and Barmy Armies: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day by Harry Oliver, 2009-04-01 WordPower!: Word Origins (Word power) by John Butterworth, 2003-07-03 Word Origins (Fun with English) Vocabulary Energizers II, Stories of Word Origins by David Popkin, 2004 Verbivore's Feast: Second Course: More Word & Phrase Origins by The Wordsmith Chrysti, 2006-10-30 Dictionary of Word Origins by Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, 1995-05 Verbivore's Feast: A Banquet of Word & Phrase Origins by Chrysti the Wordsmith, 2004-06 Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories by WILFRED FUNK, 1950 QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson, 2004

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41. Word Origins | Teaching Tolerance
    Activity exchange grades 912 to help students understand the words and phrases they use.  
    http://www.tolerance.org/activity/word-origins

42. Articles About Word Origins : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
    Linguist Neal Whitman draws a bead on the expression young guns (not to be confused with younguns), and finds that sometimes the socalled Recency Illusion isn't an illusion  
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    Extractions: bid='gex7x9ta';mediaServer='images.visualthesaurus.com'; Module.load('search', 'animation','cookie','element'); Exploring the pathways of our lexicon November 12, 2010 By Ben Zimmer Twenty years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau authored the proposal that launched "the World Wide Web," and the English language has never been the same. In my On Language column for The New York Times Magazine this Sunday, I take a look back at the inception of "the Web" and its many linguistic offspring over the years. As a master metaphor for our online age, the gossamer Web has proved remarkably resilient. Continue reading... Article Topics: Online, Vocabulary, Word Origins, Words ... November 5, 2010 By Ben Zimmer Four years ago, when then-President George W. Bush surveyed the losses suffered by congressional Republicans in the midterm elections, he memorably called it a "thumping." On Wednesday, President Obama used a similarly colorful term to describe his party's electoral woes. "I’m not recommending for every future President that they take a shellacking like I did last night," he said at his press conference. That comment led many to wonder, how did shellacking come to describe a thorough defeat?

43. English Word Origins, Greek And Latin Words In An English Words Dictionary: Word
    A free online dictionary of English words from Latin and Greek word origins available for learning English words and etymologies with vocabulary definitions  
    http://wordquests.info/

44. Greek And Latin Roots And Word Origin
    This Greek and Latin word origins dictionary exhibits visually the sheer power and influence of Greek and Latin roots in the English language.  
    http://www.wordempire.com/aboutus/
    
    Extractions: Greek and Latin Roots: the Key to Learning English Words Read about the creator of the Greek and Latin roots word trees Read Introduction to Word Origin for an in-depth look at Word Empire III: Clarity Greek and Latin roots blog and Greek and Latin roots SAT word of the day by the author of Word Empire III: Clarity. Instead of tediously learning words one by one, why not simply analyze their Greek and Latin roots and thereby eliminate learning by rote a random and difficult English vocabulary? The process delineated in Word Empire III: Clarity eliminates the need to laboriously memorize the endless sea of English words; English becomes like reading Latin or Greek vocabulary, thereby enabling the learner not only to make educated guesses at the meanings of English words not previously encountered, but also to retain the exact meaning of English words much more easily. Hence the genesis of Word Empire III: Clarity. This Greek and Latin word origins dictionary exhibits visually the sheer power and influence of Greek and Latin roots in the English language. It will enable schools and homes that are unable to provide the luxury of a Latin and Greek curriculum the practical benefits of having one. That is, students being schooled either in a formal setting or at home will have the means of acquiring a vast word power without the presence of a trained classicist. This will enable students who want to learn English vocabulary independently to do it methodically and efficiently. Word Empire's design and goals have been created specifically for this purpose.

45. 22. Word Origins
    Radio, currently a synonym for electromagnetic radiation , actually first came into use before Heinrich Hertz's proof of the existence of radio waves.  
    http://earlyradiohistory.us/sec022.htm
    
    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

46. Etymologic: The Toughest Etymology (word Origin) Game On The Web
    If you think you know a lot about word origins and etymology, it's the perfect time for you to try ETYMOLOGIC, a tough and educational word game (don't worry, it's fun too!)  
    http://www.etymologic.com/

47. Etymology � Word Origins
    Word Origins Dedicated to finding real origins of words in several languages. Edition 4 able Origin. Indian Tamil bal am ‘strength’ Mechanism  
    http://wordorigins.wordpress.com/category/etymology/
    
    Extractions: Word Origins Dedicated to finding real origins of words in several languages Edition 4 able Origin Indian Tamil bal am ‘strength’ Mechanism a + Indian Tamil bal am = English able above Origin Indian Hindi/Urdu oopar ‘on top of’, ‘higher’,’above’ The Transition English over derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu oopar Thus ab over (from oopar ) = English above above board open, without any concealment Origin See above above ground Origin See above above mentioned Origin See above abp abbreviation for archbishop Origins Indian Tamil arach an English bishop Mechanism Indian Tamil arach an + English bishop = English archbishop Abraham First patriarch mentioned in the Bible Founder of Hebrew nation Origins Indian God Brahma “Creator God’ Intermediate Indian Urdu/Arabic Ibrahim Ancestor of Arab people heaven Origin See Abraham Abram Ancient name of Abraham Origins See Abraham absent missing, not in place Origins Latin prefix ab Indian Sanskrit stha Mechanism Latin ab + Indian Sanskrit stha = English absent absentee vote Vote by mail due to being away from your polling station Origins English absent (see absent for its origins) Indian Tamil vayndu Mechanism One Indian Tamil consonant has both d and t sounds.

48. Word Origins
    We take a short break from our regular presentation of ‘Word Origins’ to present this special article. Word Origins will be back very soon.  
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    Extractions: Word Origins will be back very soon. The Origin of Decimal System in India Part 1 2007 by Rangi Ranganath rangiranganath@yahoo.com The decimal system is based on a ten-number system from zero to nine. The word deci mal derives from the union of Indian Sanskrit dasha nu meral which means nummee nummus die Nummer Other languages follow Indian Sanskrit  dasha In India  Indian Hindi/Urdu das The d  in all above Indian languages is pronounced as soft d as in th is Greek pronounciation of d is the same.  Russian des yat Spanish diez Latin dece m English prefixes deca dece - and deci Polish dz iesiec French dix Greek deka How Indian s sh sounds  become Latin and Greek k sound will be explained a little later in this part of the article. Thus deci (from Indian Sanskrit dasha ) + English part mal (from numeral from Arabic nummee Latin nummus and German die Nummer ) = English decimal Indian Sanskrit dasha modified as dec is present in all the major languages of the world. Examples c has mostly  s  and sometimes  k sounds.

49. Word Origins And How We Know Them: Etymology For Everyone By Anatoly Liberman -
    Powell's Books is the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. We carry an extensive collection of out of print rare, and technical titles as well as many other  
    http://www.powells.com/biblio/0195161475?&PID=30735

50. Word Origins - Ask.com
    Top questions and answers about WordOrigins. Find 187 questions and answers about Word-Origins at Ask.com Read more.  
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51. Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes
    Simple teaching Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes Root Words Suffix Prefix. COMMON ROOT WORDS AND WORD ORIGINS  
    http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root Words.htm
    
    Extractions: Simple teaching Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes Root Words Suffix Prefix COMMON ROOT WORDS AND WORD ORIGINS Roots Meaning Word alter other alternate, alter ego ami, amic- love amiable, amicable amphi both ends or all sides amphibian ann, enni year anniversary, annual, biennial, perennial anthrop human, man anthropology, anthropomorphic, misanthrope aqua, aque water aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct arch chief, leader, ruler archangel, monarch, archaic, archenemy arthro joint arthritis aud sound auditorium, audible, audiologist, audiotape bell war belligerent, bellicose biblio book bibliography, bibliophile bio- life biography, autobiography, biology, antibiotic brev short brief, abbreviate cap take, seize capture, captivate, capacity carn meat carnivorous, chili con carne ced yield, go recede, secede, proceed, intercede, concession chrom- color chromatic, monochrome, polychrome chron- time chronicle, chronology, chronometer, synchronize cogn know recognize, cognitive, incognito cord/chord cord harpsichord corp body corpus, corpse, corporal crac, crat

52. Lists Of English Loanwords By Country Or Language Of Origin - Wikipedia, The Fre
    These are lists of words in the English language which are known as loanwords or borrowings, which are derived from other languages. For purely native (AngloSaxon-derived) words  
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_English_words_of_international_origin
    
    Extractions: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Lists of English words of international origin Jump to: navigation search According to more surveys, the percentage of modern English words derived from each language group are as follows: Latin (including words used only in scientific / medical / legal contexts) French Germanic Others These are lists of words in the English language which are known as " loanwords " or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For purely native ( Anglo-Saxon -derived) words, see List of English words of Anglo-Saxon origin English words of Greek origin (a discussion rather than a list) List of English words of Hawaiian origin List of English words of Hebrew origin List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin ... List of English words of Indonesian origin , including from Javanese Malay (Sumatran) Sundanese Papuan Irian Jaya Balinese ... Dayak and other local languages in Indonesia List of English words of Irish origin List of English words of Italian origin List of English words of Japanese origin List of English words of Korean origin ... List of English words of Old Norse origin (often coming from Vikings from Denmark or Norway , but at the time there was little distinction between the Old Norse dialects spoken in the three Scandinavian countries.)

53. KryssTal : The Origin Of Words And Names
    The origin, history and evolution of words in English. Where Words Come From The English language has developed from an AngloSaxon base of common words household words, parts of  
    http://www.krysstal.com/wordname.html
    
    Extractions: by making a donation The English language has developed from an Anglo-Saxon base of common words: household words, parts of the body, common animals, natural elements, most pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and auxiliary verbs. Other modern words in English have developed from five sources. These are discussed below. Examples of words that have just appeared in the language out of nothing are byte dog (replacing the earlier hund donkey jam kick log googol quasar and yuppie . The latter two are acronyms (words made from initials). Shakespere coined over 1600 words including countless critical excellent lonely majestic obscene From Ben Johnson we got damp , from Isaac Newton centrifugal and from Thomas More: explain and exact The vegetable pease was thought to be a plural so that the individual item in the pod was given the name pea . The verb laze was erroneously created from the adjective lazy . The word buttonhole was a mis-hearing of button-hold English has borrowed words from a variety of sources and other languages. Three examples show this.

54. Fort Smith Word Origins Articles, Fort Smith Word Origins News - Examiner.com |
    Read the latest Fort Smith word origins news and view Fort Smith word origins pictures from our team of local insiders.  
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    Extractions: Skip to main content Fort Smith Change city Search Michael Rudeen Wacky Questions Examiner Tags: We all know what R.S.V.P. means as far as an invitation, but what exactly do the letters stand for? In an age when manners seem to be going by the board, it's good to remember that common courtesy requires you to respond to an invitation. R.S.V.P. asks that you do just that. The letters stand for Repondez, s'il vous plait, which is French for "Please reply" literally, "Respond, if you please." That differs from "Regrets only," which asks you to respond only if you cannot attend. For a long, gracious discussion of the differences between the two,... Tags: Members of Congress often talk about a filibuster, but they never seem to stand and do it. Does our Senate have an agreement that they can just whisper "filibuster" and the other side caves in? Why don't they force them to actually do it? John First, let's be clear what a filibuster is. The term comes from a Dutch word meaning "pirate," which basically describes its purpose: to seize the Senate floor and hold it to prevent a vote on a bill, blocking or delaying its passage. In the early years of Congress, this tactic was used in both chambers, but the House of...

55. Word Origins
    Word Origins People have been migrating to new places for centuries, introducing words, phrases and concepts into the languages of the cultures they join—and helping these  
    http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/culturalriches/LM_PrintableList.

56. Word Origins | Spanish
    We're going to start a series today with word origins and history (etymology). 1. cirujano It was around 1340 that the word “cirujano” (surgeon) was  
    http://www.transparent.com/spanish/word-origins/
    
    Extractions: swfobject.registerObject("header_spanish", "9.0.0"); swfobject.registerObject("widget_lc", "9.0.0"); swfobject.registerObject("wotd", "9.0.0"); Posted by Transparent Language Jun 1. cirujano It was around 1340 that the word “cirujano” (surgeon) was registered in the Spanish language, even though  cirujano had already appeared in Siete Partidas (1251-1265) by Alfonso X el Sabio: During the 18th and 19th centuries the word “cirugiano” was also used. It comes from Latin chirurgia , which comes from Greek kheirurgia (surgical intervention), although etymologically it means “manual work” and “practice of a job”, whjch derives from kheirurgein (working with your hands), made up of kheir (hand) y érgon (work). 2. dicha The word dicha , which comes from the verb decir, means “things that were said”, but it also means “happiness”, “good luck”. What does it the verb “decir” have to do with the meaning of “good luck”? dicta (the thing that was said). This old belief is also in the origin of the word hado (fate), which comes from

57. Wordorigins Org - All - Wordorigins Discussion Forum - Message Board
    Word Origins Archive 18 (0308/05) Word Origins Archive 19 (08-12/05) Wordorigins Archive 20 (12/05-02/06) Wordorigins Archive 21 (02-06/06) Wordorigins Archive 22  
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58. Word Origins
    WORD ORIGINS. Word (Latin or Greek origin) example Abduct (away from + to lead) Abductor - muscle which moves the part away from the midline of the body or a part of the  
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    Extractions: WORD ORIGINS Word (Latin or Greek origin) - example Abduct (away from + to lead) Abductor - muscle which moves the part away from the midline of the body or a part of the body Acetabulum (vinegar + receptacle) - the socket of the hip joint Acinus (grape) - the smallest lobule of a gland or a sac-like dilation of a small passage Acromion (raised point + shoulder) Adduct (toward + lead) - to draw toward Aden (gland) Adenoid (gland + like) - lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx Adnexa (to + bind) - the ovary and tube are "attached" to the uterus Adventitia (to come in, an addition from without) - outer tissue Afferent (toward + carry) Ala (wing) Alba (white) Alveolus (hollow + small space) - tooth socket or air spaces of the lung Ampulla (flask shaped) - a dilated area + a narrow neck Amygdaloid (almond shaped) Anastomosis (up + mouth) - mouth-like openings coming together Aneurysm (up + widening) - a widening or ballooning out of an artery Angio (vessel) - carries lymph or blood Annular (round) Ansa (handle of a jug) - nervous structure in the form of a loop Arachnoid (spider web + like) - a thin membrane over the brain and spinal cord Arcuate (arched) Arthro- (joint) Astrocyte (star + cell) Atlas - the 1 st cervical vertebra (C1) Autonomic (self + law) - a self regulated (law unto itself) nervous system Axon (axle) - each neuron has a single axon arising from the axon hillock Azygos (unyoked) - not a pair Bolus (throw) - a large quantity of a substance, ingested or injected, and intended for therapeutic or diagnostic usage

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