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- French armee (modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (armed force), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (to arm), itself ...2 KB (308 words) - 00:08, 1 February 2024
- Inherited from Middle English philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, “love of argument or ...824 bytes (91 words) - 19:23, 17 August 2023
- and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα or antíphōna, from ἀντί or antí (over ...836 bytes (106 words) - 20:38, 30 April 2024
- From Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor ...769 bytes (87 words) - 15:05, 29 August 2023
- * Latin * Early Medieval ** Matter of Rome ** Matter of France ... | heading2 = Latin American | content2 = * Argentine * Brazilian ...5 KB (491 words) - 18:19, 3 February 2023
- yconomy, borrowed via Old French or Medieval Latin from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία or oikonomía (management of a household ...2 KB (294 words) - 23:16, 29 August 2023
- From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”). ==Noun== larva (plural larvas or larvae or larvæ) # An early stage of growth for some insects, in ...651 bytes (90 words) - 19:59, 19 July 2023
- From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία or prophēteía (prophecy ...955 bytes (109 words) - 05:44, 6 December 2023
- From French pacifisme, from pacifique (borrowed from Latin pācificus (“peace making”)); pacific + -ism. ==Noun== pacifism (countable and ...841 bytes (95 words) - 16:31, 30 November 2023
- From Latin anxietās, from anxius (anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled), from angō (to distress, trouble), akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω ...819 bytes (98 words) - 19:48, 31 July 2023
- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- subjects. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars ...761 bytes (103 words) - 11:58, 9 August 2022
- From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (young). ==Noun== adolescence (countable ...871 bytes (105 words) - 21:57, 28 February 2024
- French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās. ==Noun== charity (countable and uncountable, plural charities) ...866 bytes (104 words) - 00:27, 1 February 2024
- mission + -ary, learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation). ...820 bytes (96 words) - 19:26, 31 October 2023
- (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (a drink, beverage), from Latin bibere (to drink). Samuel Johnson in his famous eighteenth ...2 KB (311 words) - 22:32, 29 December 2023
- From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). ==Noun== statue (plural statues) # A three-dimensional ...739 bytes (86 words) - 16:13, 1 September 2023
- From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio. Morphologically explore + -ation. ==Noun== exploration (countable and uncountable, plural ...934 bytes (101 words) - 20:40, 31 October 2023
- From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (art). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern ...808 bytes (95 words) - 22:46, 30 April 2024
- or town government”) (thirteenth century), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major. ...818 bytes (100 words) - 15:05, 27 July 2023
