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From paca, the name of the animal, meaning "awake, alert" [193] [194] Pacara earpod tree (Enterolobium contortisiliquum) mimosa: Quechua: From pacara [citation needed] Pacay (Inga feuilleei) mimosa: Quechua: From pakay [citation needed] Pachagnathus † pterosaur: Aymara: From the pacha ("earth"), referring to the inland environment it ...
Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious.
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Unless otherwise specified, Words in English from Amerindian Languages is among the sources used for each etymology. A number of words from Quechua have entered English, mostly via Spanish, adopting Hispanicized spellings. Ayahuasca (definition) from aya "corpse" and waska "rope", via Spanish ayahuasca Cachua (definition) from qhachwa ...
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1]
Googleplex, from Google and complex (meaning a complex of buildings) [b] Groupon, from group and coupon; Ideanomics, from idea and economics; Imagineering, from Imagine (or Imagination) and Engineering; LATAM, from Lan Airlines and TAM Airlines; Lenovo, from Legend and "novo" (Latin ablative for "new")
The word may be derived from Germanic and Northern European languages, and ultimately be borrowed from Uralic, cf. Northern Sámi gáđfi, 'female stoat', and Hungarian hölgy, 'lady, female stoat'; from Proto-Uralic *käďwä, 'female (of a furred animal)'. [8] The English puss, extended as pussy and pussycat, is attested from the 16th century ...
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