borough
Of Germanic origin, originally referring to a fortress or fortified town.
Related to German Burg (castle) and the English town suffix -bury.
In England it generally corresponds to a town or district that has a mayor.
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- Mon May 27, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Borough
- Replies: 1
- Views: 69
Re: For good
Thanks. It seems from those links that "for good and all" is the key, perhaps derived from "for good (n)or ill". Similar to "for better, for worse", "for richer, for poorer". In other words, "come what may", hence "permanently".
For good
Can anyone explain why 'for good' means 'permanently', 'forever'?
It seems that an earlier version of this idiom was 'for good and all'.
It seems that an earlier version of this idiom was 'for good and all'.
- Mon May 20, 2024 9:20 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: BAnQ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 191
Re: BAnQ
But the Société nationale des chemins de fer français is SNCF (not SnCF or SnCf).Do the French capitalize nouns but not adjectives, perhaps?
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Vocabulary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2547
Re: Vocabulary
Ellipsis?A recent post about phrases like ‘my homework needs done’
makes me wonder if there’s a word, analogous to ‘elision’,
for excision of a word or words.
In the following link, this construction is referred to as "need + V-en":
https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/needs-washed
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cenacle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3378
Re: Cenacle
It would seem reasonable to use cenacular as an adjective. (There is apparently a Latin adjective cenacularius.)It is a word without support staff: no adjective or verb has been derived from it.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bulletin
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1953
Bulletin
bulletin
From French and Italian.
From Latin bulla, a round object (compare ball and bullet), via the senses 'voting ball' > 'voting paper' > 'official document' > 'official news report'. Hence also related to ballot and (papal) bull.
From French and Italian.
From Latin bulla, a round object (compare ball and bullet), via the senses 'voting ball' > 'voting paper' > 'official document' > 'official news report'. Hence also related to ballot and (papal) bull.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: List of Eponyms
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2966
List of Eponyms
I have been looking at Dr. Goodword's alphabetical list of eponyms , and I have the following suggestions for corrections and additional dates. I have underlined these. Ampere - [garbled text in RH column] Bacitracin - Margaret Tracy (1936- 1994 ) Borrelia - [garbled text in RH column] Boysenberry -...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Neuter
- Replies: 1
- Views: 769
Re: Neuter
I wondered about this too. See my 'Grammatical gender' thread of August 2022 in the Languages of the World forum, where it was discussed.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Chrysalis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1978
Chrysalis
chrysalis
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, or the pupa's casing. (Plural: chrysalises or chrysalides.)
From Latin and Greek.
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, or the pupa's casing. (Plural: chrysalises or chrysalides.)
From Latin and Greek.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Relevant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1364
Re: Relevant
Is this a misspelling of a misspelling?and misspelled revlnt.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Palindrome
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3782
Re: Palindrome
A palindromic phrase could be called a wordrow.Palindrome obviously needs a synonym that in itself is palindromic!
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Relevant
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2801
Relevant
relevant
From French relevant, 'helpful', originally 'lightening', from Latin relevare, to lighten. Related to relieve.
From French relevant, 'helpful', originally 'lightening', from Latin relevare, to lighten. Related to relieve.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Glossolalia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8469
Re: Glossolalia
Speaking in an actual language, presumably unknown to the speaker, can be called either xenolalia or xenoglossia . Or xenoglossy , which has been featured as a Good Word. Regarding sign language, there is semiotics , which is the study of 'signs' in a broad sense, though not specifically sign langu...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Strapping
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2528
Re: Strapping
Whacking, riveting, stonking, blistering...Whopping, spanking (1660s), bouncing (1570s), cracking, thumping (1570s), ripping, smashing. I wonder how many more are hiding out there. Anyone with a penchant for lists care to jump in?