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OK (/ ˌ oʊ ˈ k eɪ / ⓘ), with spelling variations including okay, okeh, O.K. and many others, is an English word (originating in American English) denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, acknowledgment, or a sign of indifference. OK is frequently used as a loanword in other languages. It has been described as the most frequently ...
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 ...
It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First ...
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
The Story of English in 100 Words. Picador. ISBN 978-1250024206. David Crystal (2015). Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198729136. John McWhorter (2017). Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally). Picador. ISBN 978-1250143785.
merger of Old English (earun, earon) and Old Norse (er) cognates [4] auk A type of Arctic seabird. [5] awe. agi ("=terror") [6] English provenance = c 1205 AD (as aȝe, an early form of the word resulting from the influence of Old Norse on an existing Anglo-Saxon form, eȝe) awesome From the same Norse root as "awe". [7] awful From the same ...
English place names such as Winchester, Gloucester, Tadcaster share different forms of a suffix that originated as the Latin castrum ' fort '. Reflex is the name given to a descendant word in a daughter language, descended from an earlier language. For example, Modern English heat is the reflex of the Old English hǣtu. Rarely, this word is ...
This Welsh term was derived from the Latin corium meaning "leather or hide", the material from which coracles are made. [2] corgi from cor, "dwarf" + gi (soft mutation of ci), "dog". cwm (very specific geographic sense today) or coomb/combe (dated). Cornish; komm; passed into Old English where sometimes written 'cumb' flannel