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The honeymoon was originally the period following marriage, "characterized by love and happiness," as attested since 1546. [4] The word may allude to "the idea that the first month of marriage is the sweetest". [5] According to a different version, of the Oxford English Dictionary:
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.).
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...
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a descriptive phrase used in Germanic poetry, a modern learned word from Old Norse kenning in a special sense. [152] kick Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse kikn (="bend backwards, sink at the knees") [153] kid kið (="young goat") [154] kidnap From kid + a variant of nab, both of which are of Scandinavian origin. [155] kilt
Origin language and etymology Example(s) a-, an-not, without (alpha privative) Greek ἀ-/ἀν-(a-/an-), not, without analgesic, apathy, anencephaly: ab-from; away from Latin abduction, abdomen: abdomin-of or relating to the abdomen: Latin abdōmen, abdomen, fat around the belly abdomen, abdominal -ac: pertaining to; one afflicted with
Many marriages take place in June and The word Honeymoon was created. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrtower (talk • contribs) 16:18, 20 July 2013 (UTC) I looked around, and all the most reliable book sources (for example the OED) don't mention the connection with honey or mead, or consider it to be spurious.
"Honeymoon", a 1905 poem by Noël Coward; Honeymoon, a 2000 novel by Amy Jenkins; Honeymoon, a 1995 novel by Patrick Modiano; Honeymoon, a novel by James Patterson & Howard Roughan; The Honey Moon, an 1805 play by John Tobin; The Honeymoon, a 1987 novel by Knut Faldbakken; The Honeymoon, a 2004 novel by Justin Haythe