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@justinhillauthor.bsky.socialWordle 1,913 4/6
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1300 from Old French, though the litergical meaning has spread more widely, the modern useage by c.1400 and c.1500 respectively.
@mr-brandon.bsky.socialI don't know how to explain this other than I've been studying current and historical writing. What do you think?
𐑲 𐑛𐑴𐑯𐑑 𐑯𐑴 𐑣𐑬 𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑲𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑳𐑛𐑦𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑳𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑪𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑲𐑑𐑦𐑙. 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒?
#etymology #linguistics #languages #worldbuilding
@darlingaxe.comCarpet: From Old French carpite (“thick cloth”), from Latin carpere (“to pluck”).
@wordfoolery.bsky.socialToday word from the Wordfoolery archives is mugwump - one I wrote about in 2017, but still totally relevant today and in use since the 1880s. Enjoy!
wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/a... #etymology #politicalwords #AmericanEnglish
“the second Afghan war”
This was the British Empire’s 1878–1880 war in Afghanistan. Watson enters the story as an army doctor serving in an imperial campaign.
From A Study in Scarlet.
https://ancientinkpress.com/a-study-in-scarlet/
#Etymology
@ajab.bsky.socialSome Thai words of Persian #etymology : Thai กุหลาบ gù-làap "rose", from Persian گلاب golāb "rosewater". (The Persian is also ultimately the source of English "julep", as in "mint julep".) Thai has borowed other words from Persian, including...
@projectcartouche.bsky.socialCheck out the etymology for Deck-Build Pack: Glorious Victors on Project: Cartouche!
@ashbuchanan.bsky.socialIs mindset history one of the great untold stories of modern science?
Learn more in my new article: The Hidden History of Mindset (It Didn’t Start in the 80s)
@andrewcgrant.bsky.socialDoting can seem deranged... because that's what the word used to mean.
"Dote", like my previous video on "find", is another word for "foolish, silly" changing to be about love. It may also be related to Dutch words for "rage"... and "nap".
@darlingaxe.comMethod: From Greek methodos (“pursuit, way of inquiry”).
@theliterategeek.bsky.socialThis delights my little word nerd heart. #etymology
@darlingaxe.comDoctor: From Latin doctor (“teacher”), from docere (“to teach”).
@thegrammardiva.bsky.socialKymophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of waves or wave-like motions. From the Greek words kymo (meaning "wave") and phobia (meaning "fear"). 🌊 #grammar #grammardiva #etymology #phobia #wordoftheday
@justinhillauthor.bsky.socialWordle 1,910 4/6
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@darlingaxe.comMatter: From Latin materia (“substance, material”).
@andrewcgrant.bsky.socialTo be fond is to be foolish (at least etymologically)
"Fond" originally meant "silly, foolish", and at times even "deranged", but came to mean "having great affection". I guess love can make us all a little crazy.
@thegrammardiva.bsky.socialIllyngophobia - The fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down. From the ancient Greek il-lynx / illyngx (ίλλυγξ), "vertigo," "dizziness," or a "whirling sensation" and phobia (φοβία), meaning "fear," "panic," or "terror." #grammar #grammardiva #wordoftheday #etymology
@btuftin.social.coop.ap.brid.gyI have a hypothesis that the Norwegian word "trulte" for a short and rotund girl, almost certainly from "trulte" meaning 'roll' (v.), shares a root with English "trend" and "trundle". My very superficial investigation neither proved nor disproved this.
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@justinhillauthor.bsky.social@andrewcgrant.bsky.social"Lewd" didn't always mean "dirty". It used to mean "uneducated".
From "not part of the church" to "obscene", I guess "lewd" was always ungodly.