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Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) ... Latin: ardere "to burn", arsus: ardent, ardor, arson ardu-difficult: Latin: arduus "high, steep" arduous
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, kiln was derived from the words cyline, cylene, cyln(e) in Old English, in turn derived from Latin culina ('kitchen'). In Middle English, the word is attested as kulne, kyllne, kilne, kiln, kylle, kyll, kil, kill, keele, kiele. [1] [2] In Greek the word καίειν, kaiein, means 'to burn'.
For many PIE verbs, various present forms can be reconstructed without discernible differences in meaning (like *l̥h₂-né-p-and *l̥h₂p-sḱé-above, both forms have attested reflexes in IE languages: Greek λάμπω 'I shine' and Proto-Celtic *laske-'to shine, burn', [a] respectively).
Oxford Latin Dictionary Author P. G. W. Glare Language English Publisher Oxford University Press Publication date 1968 to 1982; reprinted with corrections 1996; 2nd edition 2012 Publication place United Kingdom Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 2,400 ISBN 978-0-19-958031-6 Dewey Decimal 473/.21 19 LC Class PA2365.E5 O9 2012 The Oxford Latin Dictionary (or OLD) is the standard English lexicon ...
A Latin Dictionary (or Harpers' Latin Dictionary, often referred to as Lewis and Short or L&S) is a popular English-language lexicographical work of the Latin language, published by Harper and Brothers of New York in 1879 and printed simultaneously in the United Kingdom by Oxford University Press.
Cremaster is a term derived from the Greek verb κρεμάννυμι = "I hang (transitive)", not from Latin cremare = "to burn". It may refer to: The cremaster muscle, part of genital anatomy in human males Cremaster reflex, a reflex in the muscle; A hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of certain chrysalis casings