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  2. 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.).

  3. Yokel - Wikipedia

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    Related changes; Upload file; ... hayseed, chawbacon, rube, redneck, hillbilly and hick ... who often uses the word hick in his speeches to describe the poor voters ...

  4. Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams) - Wikipedia

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    The song also goes by the names "Acres of Clams", “Lay of the Old Settler,” “Old Settler’s Song,” while the melody is known as “Rosin the Beau,” "Old Rosin the Beau," "Rosin the Bow," "Mrs. Kenny," "A Hayseed Like Me," "My Lodging's on the Cold

  5. Weapons of Grass Destruction - Wikipedia

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    Weapons of Grass Destruction is the sixth full-length album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2007.The album's name continues the band's practice of adding the word grass to common phrases, in this case, weapons of mass destruction.

  6. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

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    This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

  7. List of online dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Many dictionaries have been digitized from their print versions and are available at online libraries. Some online dictionaries are organized as lists of words, similar to a glossary, while others offer search features, reverse lookups, and additional language tools and content such as verb conjugations, grammar references, and discussion ...

  8. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    Frequently used to indicate maternal roles, this word should not be construed as translating directly to "mother" (Latin māter; Ancient Greek μήτηρ mḗtēr); aside from being a proper name, in Ancient Greek "maîa" can translate to "midwife" or "foster mother" and was used as an honorific address for older women, typically translated ...

  9. List of Persian loanwords in Turkish - Wikipedia

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    A great number of words of Persian origin have entered the Turkish language. The following is a list of a number of these loanwords. The following is a list of a number of these loanwords. [ 1 ]