Search found 131 matches
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:26 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: stubborn
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3619
stubborn
The origin of this word does not seem to be very clear, but it isn't stub+born!
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Panglossian
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10969
Re: Panglossian
Does it mean that Euclid (euclidean geometry), Boole (boolean algebra), and many others never "arrived"?!
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Verily
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11927
Re: Verily
The same PIE root produced Slavic vera which means faith. It's also a popular female name just like its English version.
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:38 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Brunt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3480
Brunt
I did not find any information about the origin of this word.
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Emacity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10813
Re: Emacity
I guess emaciation is a false cognate for emacity?
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Forage
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3140
Forage
Apparently this word is originally Germanic (like fodder) but came back into English via old French.
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Carceral
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5803
Re: Carceral
There are many occurrences of the word prisonal on the Web, like prisonal system.Since neither jail (or gaol) nor prison presents with adjectives, today's word comes in handy.
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sweetbread
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3232
sweetbread
Sweet and bread: how did these two words get together to form a word with completely unrelated meaning?
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hector
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13605
Re: Hector
Thanks to all! This is why English is such a fascinating and fun language for native speakers and often a horrifying and exhausting trial for those trying to learn it! again, thank you ! Glorious! Hi damoge, It is a fact that mastering English as a foreign language isn't easy, but I am sure that is...
- Sat May 30, 2020 7:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Misgender
- Replies: 26
- Views: 23962
Re: Misgender
Deby, that's a nice way out and I'm sure it can be done in many situations. However it would be very cumbersome to police oneself all the time to use they instead of she or he in every conversation. Maybe our grammar checkers will be eventually modified so that our writing becomes politically correc...
- Fri May 29, 2020 9:50 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Misgender
- Replies: 26
- Views: 23962
Re: Misgender
This is a reply to David Myer. To be honest I don't know whether Spanish speakers care about this issue; probably some do but I don't know what they propose. I used Spanish as an example because it is more familiar in the English speaking world, and it shows that other languages may have more diffic...
- Wed May 27, 2020 3:15 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Misgender
- Replies: 26
- Views: 23962
Re: Misgender
This discussion became so heated that I decided to add a bit more. English is not my mother tongue and I always think about analogies in other languages. Gender distinction in English is basically limited to some pronouns. However in Slavic languages verbs and adjectives can have distinct forms depe...
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mead
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5720
Mead
Mead: alcoholic drink made out of honey, used to be very popular in Eastern Europe. Certainly related to the Slavic word for honey: med (or myed) in Russian, miód in Polish. I guess the word used in Romance languages might also be related: miel in French and Spanish, mel in Portuguese.
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:14 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Virus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6052
Virus
Word of the year. No explanation needed!
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:41 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Fleeting
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8015
Re: Fleeting
Is flumen, Latin for river, also related?