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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:19 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Incipient
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2964
Re: Incipient
I was wondering whether the English verb to have and the Latin habere (meaning to have; Spanish haber and Portuguese haver ) descend from the same PIE root. I was too lazy to search for an answer, so I asked Google's Gemini. Here is the answer: No, the English verb "to have" and the Latin ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Dalliance
- Replies: 0
- Views: 169
Dalliance
No relation to alliance.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Gargantuan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 264
Re: Gargantuan
Among all those language references you missed the Portuguese garganta (throat) which seems to be the closest to the GW.
... the same in Spanish
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Egoist
- Replies: 2
- Views: 225
Re: Egoist
There are also egocentric and egomaniac.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Nitid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8959
Re: Nitid
Knit is another good candidate.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Nitid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8959
Nitid
Bright, lustrous, shining. Derived from Latin nitidus, but I didn't find anything earlier. It doesn't appear in Etymoline.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Divan
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3929
Divan
This Middle Eastern word seems to have originated in Persian which is an IE language but went through Arabic, Turkish and French before appearing in English.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Aporophobia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3312
Aporophobia
Obviously of Greek origin, but apparently came via Spanish. Negative attitudes towards poor people.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ghoul
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4840
Re: Ghoul
Slava, you always have the last word!Gives a whole new meaning to "ghost in the machine".You're right: Algol stands for Algorithmic Language!Oh, thank you for pointing out Algol. This should amuse any programmer who happens to be listening in.
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ghoul
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4840
Re: Ghoul
You're right: Algol stands for Algorithmic Language!Oh, thank you for pointing out Algol. This should amuse any programmer who happens to be listening in.
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:37 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Conjugal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2608
Re: Conjugal
... and (verb) conjugation.Let us not forget our word-related relation here: conjugate.
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 6:56 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Decollate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3023
Re: Decollate
Apparently, French décoller and Portuguese decolar, both meaning "to take off" (like an airplane), have the same PIE origin.
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:32 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Adjacent
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2569
Re: Adjacent
As a matter of fact, the words jet and jetty are derived from this form of the verb via French jeter. See https://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/jetty.Actually there are two different Latin verbs iacere, one (with a short first E) meaning 'to throw', ...
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:22 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Jitterbug
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2286
Re: Jitterbug
Afterthought: Hopak can't possibly be Russian -- there isn't any "h" in Russian; it would have been "gopak". According to Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopak) , hopak is a Ukrainian folk dance, and its name is spelled "гопак". Unlike in Russian, the Cyrilli...
- Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Adjacent
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2569
Re: Adjacent
The Latin verb iacere still survives in Romance languages: Spanish yacer and Portuguese jazer, meaning "to lie", "to rest", "to be buried".