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Often, pyres would not burn with enough heat to properly cremate human remains. Pyres had to be maintained by stoking the flame and raking the pyre to allow good oxygen flow. Ancient literature refers to the skilled job of an ustor, meaning a professional pyre builder derived from the Latin word 'ūrere' which means, to burn. [22]
Word or root Scientific meaning from Latin Example Latin word Latin meaning Scientific meaning from Greek Example Greek word Greek meaning Notes alg- alga: alga alga: seaweed: pain: analgesic: ἄλγος: pain crema- burn: cremation: cremāre: to burn hang, be suspended cremaster: κρεμάννυμι: I hang (tr.)
For Latin, the Baltic languages, and the Slavic languages, the first-person singular present indicative is given, ... burn (< OE biernan, beornan); bread
A burn is an injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or ionizing radiation (such as sunburn, caused by ultraviolet radiation). [ 5 ] [ 9 ] Most burns are due to heat from hot liquids (called scalding ), solids, or fire. [ 10 ]
The name urticaria for hives comes from the Latin name of nettle (Urtica, from urere, to burn). The English word 'nettled', meaning irritated or angry, is derived from 'nettle'. [84] There is a common idea in Great Britain that the nettle was introduced by the Romans, [85] but Plant Atlas 2020 treats it as native. [86]
The word toast comes from the Latin torrere 'to burn'. [3] In German, the term (or sometimes Toastbrot) also refers to the type of bread itself, which is usually used for toasting. [4] One of the first references to toast in print is in a recipe for Oyle Soppys (flavoured onions stewed in a gallon of stale beer and a pint of oil) from 1430. [5]
The word is derived (via Latin: beryllus and French: béryl) from the Greek βήρυλλος (bērullos), "a blue-green spar", from Prakrit वॆरुलिय (veruliya), from Pāli वेलुरिय (veḷuriya), भेलिरु (veḷiru) or भिलर् (viḷar): "to become pale", in reference to the pale semiprecious ...
The meanings of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English. Those Germanic words listed below with a Frankish source mostly came into English through Anglo-Norman, and so despite ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic, came to English through a Romance ...