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  • French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum ... English spelling is a Latinisation from the Latin etymon dēbitum. ...
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  • or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (sounding with), from the prefix con- (with) + the present participle sonāns ...
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  • From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero” ...
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  • Learned borrowing from Latin camera (chamber or bedchamber), from ... The modern use of camera is a clipping of camera obscura, from New ...
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  • Borrowed from French toxique, from Late Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from Latin toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν ...
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  • Astruc, among others) and Ciné-Club du Quartier Latin (Cinema Club of the Latin Quarter). Cahiers was arguably the most important and influential film ...
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  • From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the ...
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  • custume, from Old French coustume, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsuētūmen or *costūmen, from Latin cōnsuētūdinem, accusative singular of cōnsuētūdō ...
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  • from Old English prēost (priest), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος or presbúteros), from πρέσβυς or présbus ...
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  • Borrowed from Latin curriculum (course), derived from currō (run, move quickly). ==Noun== curriculum (plural curricula or curriculums) ...
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  • From Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (salted), past participle ...
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  • invest + -ment, borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (to clothe, cover), from in- (in, on) ...
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  • Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (a people, multitude), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus. Doublet of poblacion. ...
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  • the Old French word science or escience, from the Latin scientia meaning knowledge, which was originally sciens, a conjugation of the Latin verb scire ...
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  • From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spiritualitas. ==Noun== spirituality (countable and uncountable, plural spiritualities) ...
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  • 𐌹𐌽𐍃 or fōdeins, (food), Latin pānis (bread), Latin pāscō (feed, nourish). Related to fodder, foster. ==Noun== food (usually uncountable ...
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  • ark of the covenant), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (reliquary, case or chest for books or papers in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto ...
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  • From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (action of annexing), from past participle of annecto. ==Noun== annexation (countable and uncountable ...
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  • strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”).+‎ -ist. ...
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  • From Old French poete, from Latin poēta (poet, author), from Ancient Greek ποιητής or poiētḗs (creator, maker, author, poet), from ...
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