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  • Word Matrix: Kin
    Word Matrix: Kin

      <kin> “family; race; kind, sort, rank; nature” from Old English cynn Word Sums Kin a + Kin -> akin Kin...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMay 10, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Rain
    Word Matrix: Rain

    <rain> “water from clouds” from Old English regn “rain” Word Sums Rain Rain + s -> rains Rain + ed ->...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMay 9, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Vegete
    Word Matrix: Vegete

    <vegete> “non-animal life ,” from Old French vegetable “living, fit to live,” directly from Medieval Latin vegetabilis “growing,...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMay 3, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Pink
    Word Matrix: Pink

    <pink> “pale red color” meaning “pale rose color” first recorded 1733 “small” from Dutch pink “small” Word Sums pink Pink +...

    InformationHeather JohnsonApril 18, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Yester
    Word Matrix: Yester

    <yester> “former, earlier, previous” from Old English geostran “yesterday” Words Sums Yester Yester + s = yesters Yester + Day =...

    InformationHeather JohnsonApril 16, 2019
  • Somn Word Matrix
    Word Matrix: Somn

    <somn> “sleep” from somnus “sleep” Words Sums Somn + us = somnus Somn + o + G(e)n(e) = somnogen Somn +...

    InformationHeather JohnsonApril 15, 2019
  • Thaumate Word Matrix
    Word Matrix: Thaumate

    <thaumate> “wonder, astonishment, thing to look at, miracle,” from Greek thauma (genitive thaumatos), literally “a thing to look at,” from root...

    InformationHeather JohnsonApril 4, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Thauma

    <thauma> “wonder, astonishment, thing to look at, miracle,” from Greek thauma (genitive thaumatos), literally “a thing to look at,” from root...

    InformationHeather JohnsonApril 4, 2019
  • Ichor Word Matrix
    Word Matrix: Ichor

    <ichor> “ethereal fluid that serves for blood in the veins of the gods,” from French ichor or Modern Latin ichor, from...

    InformationHeather JohnsonApril 3, 2019
  • Morrow Matrix Morrow
    Word Matrix: Morrow

    <morrow> “morning” from Middle English morwe, variant of morwen, from Old English morgen   Word Sums Morrow Morrow + s =...

    InformationHeather JohnsonApril 1, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Aqu

    <aqu> “water” from Latin aqua “water, the sea, rain” Word Sums Aqu + a -> aqua Aqu + a + s...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMarch 28, 2019
  • Birth Word Matrix
    Word Matrix: Birth

    <birth> “bear offspring,” from Old Norse burðr, byrd, replacing Old English ġebyrd “birth, descent, race; offspring; nature; fate,” from PIE *bhrto...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMarch 21, 2019
  • Talc Word Matrix
    Word Matrix: Talc

    <talc> from Middle French talc, probably from Spanish talco and Medieval Latin talcus, also talcum “talc” from Arabic talq, from Persian...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMarch 15, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Wint(e)r

    <wint(e)r> Old English winter (plural wintru) “fourth and coldest season of the year” Words Sums Wint(e)r = winter Wint(e)r + s...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMarch 9, 2019
  • Word Matrix: Solve

    <solve> “disperse, dissipate, loosen” from Latin solvere Word Sums Solve Solve + s = solves Solve + ed = solved Solve...

    InformationHeather JohnsonMarch 6, 2019