All posts tagged "etymology"

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  Word Matrix: Marsupe

  <marsupe> “purse, pouch” from Modern Latin marsupialis “having a pouch,” coined from Late Latin marsupium “pouch, purse” Word Sums Marsupe +...

  InformationHeather JohnsonJuly 21, 2019
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  Word Matrix: Galact

  <galact> “milk, milky” from Greek gala (genitive galaktos, stem galakt-) “milk” Word Sums Galact + ic -> galactic Extra + Galact...

  InformationHeather JohnsonJune 17, 2019
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  Word Matrix: Cat

  <cat> “feline” from Old English catt Words Sums Cat Cat + s -> cats Cat + ed -> catted Cat +...

  InformationHeather JohnsonJune 6, 2019
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  Word Matrix: Pter

  <pter> “feather, wing” from Greek pteron Word Sums Pter + ide + ine -> pteridine Pter + ide + ine +...

  InformationHeather JohnsonMay 28, 2019
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  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
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  Word Matrix: Rain

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

  InformationHeather JohnsonMay 9, 2019
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  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
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  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
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  Word Matrix: Yester

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

  InformationHeather JohnsonApril 16, 2019
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  Word Matrix: Aqu

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

  InformationHeather JohnsonMarch 28, 2019
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