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by tkowal
Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:28 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Quark
Replies: 3
Views: 2088

Re: Quark

I was surprised by this word history. I ate lots of twaróg when I lived in Poland, but I never realized that the word quark is related to it. According to Polish sources, twaróg has the same root as tworzyć (to create, to make), and to twór (creation, form). Apparently, French fromage is also relate...
by tkowal
Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:22 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Onymous
Replies: 3
Views: 1951

Re: Onymous

Just a small (and pedantic!) spelling correction: Polish singular form for name is imię (second letter i missing).
by tkowal
Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Holodomor
Replies: 5
Views: 3048

Re: Holodomor

Several languages use this letter; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81
by tkowal
Wed Feb 15, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Holodomor
Replies: 5
Views: 3048

Re: Holodomor

If you are interested in this subject, I recommend the book Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum. It's hair-raising.

By the way, the Polish spelling for hunger is głód!
by tkowal
Thu Jan 19, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Plain
Replies: 1
Views: 6541

Plain

This plain word has a large family of relatives: field, palm, plain, plan, planet, Poland, ...
by tkowal
Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:09 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Parlor
Replies: 6
Views: 3636

Re: Parlor

It seems that Spanish palabra and Portuguese palavra , meaning "word", have the same origin.
by tkowal
Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:06 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Pareidolia
Replies: 2
Views: 2060

Re: Pareidolia

I missed it! :(
by tkowal
Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:26 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Pareidolia
Replies: 2
Views: 2060

Pareidolia

Derived from Greek. An example is imagining that a cloud looks like a human face.
by tkowal
Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:20 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: dolma
Replies: 5
Views: 2577

Re: dolma

According to Wikipedia, this word is of Turkish origin.
by tkowal
Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Traduce
Replies: 2
Views: 1664

Re: Traduce

It is really a very misleading false friend because it is so rarely used in English and very frequently in Romance languages!
by tkowal
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:21 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Craggy
Replies: 1
Views: 2505

Craggy

Like in craggy coastline or craggy face. According to Etymoline, could be of Celtic origin.
by tkowal
Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:25 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Crypt
Replies: 1
Views: 2357

Crypt

It seems that this simple word and its derivatives like encrypt, cryptography, cryptocurrency, etc did not appear yet as a Good Word.
by tkowal
Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:09 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Viva
Replies: 2
Views: 1736

Re: Viva

... and Viva the Good Doctor! :)
by tkowal
Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:04 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Crescent
Replies: 11
Views: 6774

Re: Crescent

I guess words like create and creation are also derived from PIE k'er-/k'or-.
by tkowal
Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:47 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Delinquent
Replies: 6
Views: 3353

Re: Delinquent

Thank you Debbymoge for your kind words!

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