Search results for "Latin" - New World Encyclopedia
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- From Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō ...2 KB (235 words) - 21:28, 31 August 2023
- From Middle French énergie, from Late Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια or enérgeia (activity), from ἐνεργός or energós ...2 KB (232 words) - 20:27, 28 June 2023
- Körting notes is a literal rendering of Latin linea sanguinis (bloodline ... * Meyer-Lübke suggested Latin generatio as the root; Körting says ...7 KB (1,089 words) - 16:36, 31 August 2023
- fine (to pay a penalty)), from fin (end), from Latin fīnis. Original English sense c. 1400 was “ending.” Sense of “ending/satisfying a ...2 KB (197 words) - 15:04, 28 June 2023
- From Middle English militari, from Old French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”). ==Adjective== military (not generally ...2 KB (250 words) - 23:25, 30 July 2023
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. Incorporating multiple styles and variations ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- The original version is in rhyming Latin verse, and contains a series ... in illuminated manuscript form, and in Latin. Many copies were made, and ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure” ...2 KB (253 words) - 16:19, 1 September 2023
- From Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin universum (all things, as a whole, the universe), neuter of universus (all ...2 KB (268 words) - 16:38, 27 October 2023
- Proto-West Germanic *mīliju, a borrowing of Latin mīlia, mīllia, plural of mīle, mīlle (“mile”) (literally ‘thousand’ but used as a short ...2 KB (235 words) - 19:13, 29 July 2023
- From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account ...2 KB (260 words) - 19:46, 31 July 2023
- Marsilio Ficino (also known by his Latin name, Marsilius Ficinus) (October 19, 1433 – October 1, 1499) was one of the most influential humanist ...12 KB (1,803 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 – 433 C.E.) (Latin: Jo(h)annes Eremita Cassianus, Joannus Cassianus, or Joannes Massiliensis) is a Christian theologian ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- From French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma (a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept). ==Noun== norm (plural norms) ...2 KB (244 words) - 19:13, 31 October 2023
- From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος or prōtótupos (original; prototype), from πρωτο ...2 KB (264 words) - 20:34, 31 October 2023
- From the prefix super- (borrowed from Latin over, above) + power. ==Noun== superpower (countable and uncountable, plural superpowers) ...2 KB (242 words) - 21:25, 29 September 2023
- of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period, and he is often ranked ... Lucan's place in the history of Latin literature is somewhat ...9 KB (1,450 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- *Latin equivalent of simple 4/4: [[Image:Latin transformation.PNG|550px ... rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his compositions ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from present-day Spain, best known for his twelve books of Epigrams ...9 KB (1,468 words) - 16:29, 6 November 2022
- Senses 1.1, 2, and 3 were borrowed from French mètre and Latin metrum; from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size ...2 KB (230 words) - 15:28, 28 July 2023
