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  2. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    English place names such as Winchester, Gloucester, Tadcaster share different forms of a suffix that originated as the Latin castrum ' fort '. Reflex is the name given to a descendant word in a daughter language, descended from an earlier language. For example, Modern English heat is the reflex of the Old English hǣtu. Rarely, this word is ...

  3. Lists of etymologies - Wikipedia

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    2 English word origins. 3 Spanish word origins. 4 Romanian word origins. 5 Toponymy or placename etymology. ... List of computer term etymologies; List of band name ...

  4. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Pom or pommy is an Australian English, New Zealand English, and South African English term for a person of British descent or origin. The exact origins of the term remain obscure (see here for further information). A legend persists that the term arises from the acronym P.O.M.E., for "prisoner of Mother England" (or P.O.H.M, "prisoners of His ...

  5. English etymology - Wikipedia

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    English etymology is the study of where English words came from. It may refer to: History of the English language; English words of Greek origin; List of Greek morphemes used in English; List of Greek and Latin roots in English; Latin influence in English; List of Latin words with English derivatives; Lists of English words by country or ...

  6. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The English name comes from a Portuguese transcription (Benin) of a local corruption (Bini) of the Itsekiri form (Ubinu) of the Yoruba Ile-Ibinu ("Home of Vexation"), a name bestowed on the Edo capital by the irate Ife oba Oranyan in the 12th century. [citation needed] An alternate theory derives Bini from the Arabic bani (بني, "sons" or ...

  7. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

  8. Category:Etymologies - Wikipedia

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    List of plant family names with etymologies; List of plant genera named for people (A–C) List of plant genera named for people (D–J) List of plant genera named for people (K–P) List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z) List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) List of plant genus names with etymologies (D–K)

  9. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]