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Generally written as two words until 16c., after which it usually was written to-day until early 20c. Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages (cf. Du. van daag "from-day," Dan., Swed. i dag "in day"). Ger. heute is from O.H.G. hiutu, from P.Gmc. hiu tagu "on (this) day," with first element from PIE pronomial stem ki ...
In the grammar of the Greek language there are signs signifying either quantity or quality. These are two: the " Dhasia", which is pronounsed as the English letter "h" and the "psili". The word "istoria" -in Greek "ιστορία" takes Dhasia above the letter "I" and therefore is pronounced historia or history. An example: in the word Ellen ...
But the day is young.” I am interested in the phrase, “the day is young,” which I understand means it’s still early to tell what will happen next, or the end result. Google Ngram shows this phrase emerged in 1840, and its usage has sharply declined after peaking during 1910–1940. What is the history of “the day is young”?
Because if not, it may be unintentionally poor language. In my mother tongue, for instance, "circa" is part of everyday language, and corresponds to "roughly" or "about". Using it for "nearby" would also work. You could indeed say "I'll find someplace circa at the squares" when you mean "nearby the squares".
1. Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book Ancrene Riwle. Earlier , about 950, the word was 'haligdaeg' and appeared in the Old English Lindisfarne Gospels.
The earliest use in print I found of the exact phrase "flip the bird" or "flipped the bird" or "flipping the bird" is from a 1967 Broadside (Volume 6, Issues 17-26). (The Grateful Dead flipped "the bird" to the audience, tuned their instruments, blew up amps — for what seemed like FOREVER —then disappeared, leaving people disappointed and ...
Breakfast is a very early morning hot meal to start the day. Brunch became known as a combination late breakfast/early lunch. Lunch was solely the noonday meal. Tea time is the same as coffee time served with cake or cookies in the late afternoon. Supper is the main meal for a family at end of the day.
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The least exotic theory of all, but almost certainly the true clue, traces "hunky-dory" to the archaic American slang word "hunk," meaning "safe," from the Dutch word "honk," meaning "goal," or "home" in a game. To achieve "hunk" or "hunky" in a child's game was to make it "home" and win the game. The question of where the "dory" came from ...
What is the history of “many moons ago”? Oxford Dictionaries tell me that the idiom means “a long time ago.” That's when we first met many, many moons ago and then we started having him on as a regular guest maybe once a month, maybe even twice a month. When I Googled "origin of ‘many moons ago’" the only relevant page I found was ...