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  • text=The dictator novel is a genre of Latin American literature that challenges the role of the dictator in Latin American society. The theme ...
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  • borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (to be made flesh). ...
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  • Literary from French littéraire, from Latin litterarius and criticism borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient ...
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  • from mathematique (mathematics), from Latin mathēmatica, feminine of mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός or mathēmatikós ...
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  • humidite, from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin humiditas, from Latin umidus (“damp, moist, wet”). Morphologically humid +‎ -ity ...
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  • To international scientific vocabulary from New Latin tūberculōsis, from Latin tūberculum, diminutive of tūber (lump) + Latin -ōsis (diseased ...
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  • patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater ... seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sanctus (“holy, consecrated” ...
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  • from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (persecution; chase, pursuit), from Latin persequor (follow up, pursue), from per ...
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  • organic, organik, from Old French organique, via Latin organicus from Greek organikos ("relating to an organ or instrument") and compound ...
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  • from Old French clergié (learned men), from Late Latin clēricātus, from Latin clēricus (one ordained for religious services), from Ancient Greek κληρικός ...
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  • From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (skilled), past participle of artiō (I instruct in arts), from ...
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  • sweeping criticism of the character of Vulgar Latin (Late Latin) literature. Later historians expanded the term to include not only the lack of Latin ...
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  • From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη or harpágē (hook), from ἁρπάζω ...
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  • Norman peis and Old French pais (peace), from Latin pāx (peace), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (to fasten, stick, place), related to Latin pacīscor ...
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  • Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. ==Noun== ...
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  • image_name=Codex claromontanus latin (The S.S. Teacher's Edition ... image_desc=Codex Claromontanus in Latin. The practice of separating ...
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  • By surface analysis, individual (from Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus ...
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  • From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine ...
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  • text=Optimism (from the Latin optimus, best) and pessimism (from the Latin pessimus, worst) are two opposing worldviews or states of mind. The ...
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  • From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (assumption of a body), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare ...
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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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  • Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio. ==Noun== irrigation (countable and uncountable, plural irrigations) # The act or ...
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  • Borrowed from Latin temperatura (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (I temper). ==Noun== temperature (countable ...
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  • from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity ==Noun== immortality (countable and uncountable, plural ...
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  • From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas (from nobilis (“noble”) +‎ -tās). ==Noun== nobility (countable and uncountable, plural ...
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  • French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. Morphologically equal + -ity ...
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  • industry, industrie, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (diligence, activity, industry), from industrius (diligent, active, zealous), from ...
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  • 1620–1630, from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooperātiō. ==Noun== cooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations) ...
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  • bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar ...
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  • From Latin cōnservāre (to conserve, to keep, guard, observe). ==Noun== conservatism (countable and uncountable, plural conservatisms) ...
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  • custume, from Italian costume, from a Vulgar Latin *cōnsuētūmen or *costūmen, from Latin cōnsuētūdinem, accusative singular of cōnsuētūdō ...
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  • historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (story, history). ==Noun== historian (plural historians) # A writer of history; a chronicler; ...
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  • 1676, from stem of legislator (from Latin lēgislātor) + -ure, cognate with French législature. ==Noun== legislature (plural legislatures) ...
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  • French livel, liveau, later nivel, niveau, from Latin libella (a balance, a level), diminutive of libra (a balance, a level). ==Noun== ...
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  • contreie, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrāta ((land) lying opposite; (land) spread before), derived from Latin contra (against ...
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  • Either from unify from Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare +‎ -ification, or from French unification ==Noun== unification (countable ...
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  • English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (of the age), from saeculum. ==Noun== secularism (countable and uncountable, ...
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  • Borrowed from Latin per capita. ==Adjective== per capita (not comparable) # per person # shared equally among all individuals ==Adverb== ...
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  • Borrowed from Medieval Latin artista ("artist"). The modern meaning "circus player" developed in the nineteenth century under ...
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  • From French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (decay), from *decadens (decaying), present participle of *decadere (to decay). ...
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  • First attested in 1846. From French psychiatrie, from Medieval Latin psychiatria. Surface analysis, psych- +‎ -iatry. ==Noun== psychiatry (usually ...
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  • beat down), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (apart, in different ... of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin. ...
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  • Since sixteenth century; borrowed from French épilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ or epilēpsíā, from ...
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  • borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, accusative singular of revolūtiō (the act of revolving; revolution), from Latin ...
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  • Anglo-Norman penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna (“feather”), and name From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma ...
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  • Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς or epidermís, ἐπί or epí (on top of) + δέρμα or dérma (skin ...
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  • From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”). ...
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  • Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (the carrying on of business, a wholesale business), from negotiari (to carry ...
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  • From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (to approach, address, attack). ==Noun== ...
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  • From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (house), from Latin casa (cottage, hut). ==Noun== casino (countable and uncountable, plural casinos ...
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  • This sense of the word ultimately goes back to Latin, where reālis could be used similarly. ==Noun== real estate (uncountable) # Property that ...
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  • From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (line); equivalent to line + -age. ==Noun== lineage (countable ...
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  • + biography, from New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). ...
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  • From Late Latin epidemia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people” ...
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  • Borrowed from Latin area ("a piece of level ground," "a vacant place"). ==Noun== area (plural areas or areæ) # ...
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  • Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (loot, pillage), from praeda (booty, spoils, prey). ==Noun== predator (plural predators) ...
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  • Borrowed from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā, meaning ...
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  • From Latin alma māter (literally "nourishing mother"). Derives from the full name ("Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna ...
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  • perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (nation, people). ==Noun== nationality (plural nationalities) # National origin ...
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  • From Middle English legende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda (a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints), from ...
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  • From immigrate + -ion, from Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (remove, move into). ==Noun== immigration (countable and uncountable ...
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  • From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον ...
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  • text=Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and East Asia. The modern game was developed in the United ...
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  • image_desc=A Bible handwritten in Latin| text=The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily ...
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  • From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (oneness, unity), from Latin ūnus (one). ==Noun== ...
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  • from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu. ==Noun== salvation (countable and uncountable ...
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  • From Middle English cognicion, from Latin cognitio (knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial), from cognitus, past participle of ...
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  • From Latin con- (“together”) + urbs (“city”) + -ation. Coined by Scottish biologist, sociologist, and geographer Patrick Geddes in 1915. ...
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  • Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). ==Noun== author (plural authors) ...
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  • From Latin adjective rītuālis, from noun rītuum (rite), + adjective suffix -ālis. ==Adjective== ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative ...
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  • Borrowed from French genre (“kind”), from Latin genus, generem (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos)). Doublet of gender, genus ...
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  • Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (sailing, navigation), from nāvigātus ...
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  • theology in both the Greek-speaking and Latin-speaking worlds, and he is remembered as the "Trinitarian Theologian." }} ...
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  • Middle French providence, and their source, Latin prōvidentia (providence, foresight), from the present participle of prōvidēre (to provide ...
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  • English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος or húmnos. ==Noun== hymn (plural hymns) ...
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  • From Latin iūrisdictiō. ==Noun== jurisdiction (countable and uncountable, plural jurisdictions) # The power, right, or authority to interpret ...
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  • from Old French perpendiculer, from Latin perpendiculum (“plumb line”). ==Adjective== perpendicular (comparative more perpendicular, superlative ...
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  • From Latin dissociat- (from dissociare, from dis- + sociare) +‎ -ive ==Adjective== #removing or separating from some association ...
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  • from Old French pastor (modern French pasteur), from Latin pāstor. ==Noun== pastor (plural pastors) # Someone with spiritual authority over a ...
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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 ...
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  • Inherited from Middle English philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, “love of argument or ...
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  • and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα or antíphōna, from ἀντί or antí (over ...
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  • From Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor ...
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  • * Latin * Early Medieval ** Matter of Rome ** Matter of France ... | heading2 = Latin American | content2 = * Argentine * Brazilian ...
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  • yconomy, borrowed via Old French or Medieval Latin from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία or oikonomía (management of a household ...
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  • From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”). ==Noun== larva (plural larvas or larvae or larvæ) # An early stage of growth for some insects, in ...
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  • From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία or prophēteía (prophecy ...
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  • From French pacifisme, from pacifique (borrowed from Latin pācificus (“peace making”)); pacific + -ism. ==Noun== pacifism (countable and ...
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  • From Latin anxietās, from anxius (anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled), from angō (to distress, trouble), akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • subjects. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars ...
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  • From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (young). ==Noun== adolescence (countable ...
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  • French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās. ==Noun== charity (countable and uncountable, plural charities) ...
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  • mission + -ary, learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation). ...
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  • (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 ...
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  • From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). ==Noun== statue (plural statues) # A three-dimensional ...
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  • From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio. Morphologically explore + -ation. ==Noun== exploration (countable and uncountable, plural ...
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  • From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (art). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern ...
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  • or town government”) (thirteenth century), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major. ...
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  • politic from Middle French politique, from Latin politicus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós), from πολίτης (polítēs ...
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  • From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα or klíma (latitude, or more literally, inclination ...
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  • word "nudibranch," which comes from the Latin nudus for "naked," and the Greek brankhia for gills, describes their feathery gills ...
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  • supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule ...
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  • from poulet, diminutive of poule (hen), from Latin pullus (chick). ==Noun== poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries) # Domestic fowl ...
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  • Norman ferme (rent, lease, farm), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma. There is debate as to whether Medieval Latin acquires this term from Old English ...
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  • author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including ...
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  • Borrowed from Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare (“moderate, forbear, combine properly”). ===Adjective=== temperate (comparative ...
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  • archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form ...
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  • From Middle English synagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή or sunagōgḗ (assembly ...
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  • from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). ==Noun== painter (plural painters) ...
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  • from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις or haíresis (choice, system of principles), from ...
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  • From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος or kósmos (world) + -λογία or -logía (treating of), combination form of ...
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  • text=The proletariat (/ˌproʊlɪˈtɛəriət/; from Latin proletarius 'producing offspring') is the social class of wage-earners, ...
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  • circa 1818. Equivalent to liberal (from Latin līberālis meaning “befitting a freeman,” from līber meaning “free”) + -ism. ...
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  • French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek θεολογία or theología, from θεολόγος or theológos ...
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  • French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet ...
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  • from Middle French orthodoxe and its etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós ...
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  • borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (shoot, offspring). Doublet of plant. ==Noun== clan (plural clans) ...
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  • From Latin diabētēs (siphon), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης or diabḗtēs, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω or diabaínō (to pass ...
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  • From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (freedom), from liber (free). ==Noun== liberty (countable and uncountable ...
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  • from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus. Equivalent to "antique" +‎ -ity. See antique, antic. Compare ...
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  • From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason. ==Noun== ...
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  • Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late sixteenth century. Doublet of mot. ...
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  • From Latin monopōlium, from Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον or monopṓlion (a right of exclusive sale), from μόνος or mónos (sole ...
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  • First attested 1908, from New Latin schizophrenia, from German Schizophrenie, coined by Eugen Bleuler, from Ancient Greek σχίζω ‎or skhízō ...
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  • ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fingō ...
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  • From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”). ==Adverb== # For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing ...
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  • the name "Opus Dei," which in Latin means "Work of God," in order to underscore the belief that the organization was not ...
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  • From tropic from Late Latin tropicus (“of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”), from Ancient Greek τροπικός ...
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  • From Middle French précipitation, from Latin praecipitātiō, praecipitātiōnem. ==Noun== precipitation (countable and uncountable, plural precipitations ...
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  • language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Alternative spellings: czar, tzar, csar ==Noun== tsar (plural tsars) # (historical ...
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  • From Italian influenza (influence), from Latin influentia. Doublet of influence. ==Noun== influenza (countable and uncountable, plural influenzas ...
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  • from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis; equivalent to create + -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. ...
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  • From Middle English humour, from Old French humor, from Latin humor, correctly umor (moisture), from humō, correctly umō (to be moist). ...
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  • Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal", "sealed document”) +‎ board, from Middle English bord, from ...
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  • Borrowed from French corruption, from Latin corruptiō. ==Noun== corruption (countable and uncountable, plural corruptions) # The act of corrupting ...
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  • (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (hospitality), from hospitālis (hospitable), from hospes (guest, host). Displaced native ...
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  • índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (indigo), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν or indikón (Indian dye), from Ἰνδία ...
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  • INRI is an acronym of the Latin phrase IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM (Jesus Nazarenus, rex Judæorum), which translates into English as "Jesus ...
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  • from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supernātūrālis, from super (above) + nātūra (nature, that which we are born with), from nātus ...
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  • From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων or arkhitéktōn (master builder), from ἀρχι ...
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  • English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (a Grecian weight; a talent of money), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον or tálanton ...
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  • From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum (of the state) and Italian statista (statesman, politician), compare English statist. Statistik ...
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  • From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις or apokálupsis (revelation), literally meaning ...
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  • From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum. ==Adjective== secular (comparative ...
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  • Learned borrowing from Latin gravitās (weight) (compare French gravité), from gravis (heavy). Doublet of gravitas. First attested in the sixteenth ...
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  • From Old French alkimie, arquemie (French alchimie), from Medieval Latin alchēmia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء or al-kīmiyāʔ, ...
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  • From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge), from doctor (a teacher), from docere ...
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  • pollucion, and their source, post-classical Latin pollūtiō (defilement, desecration) (fourth century), from the participial stem of polluō ...
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  • , borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (worth, price, money spent, wages, reward); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate ...
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  • From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον or sunṓnumon, neuter singular form of συνώνυμος ...
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  • French componre, compondre (to put together), from Latin componō, from Latin com- (together) + ponō (to put). ==Adjective== compound (not comparable) ...
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  • From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman ...
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  • science." Modeled after artist, from the Latin stem scientia (knowledge) + -ist. ==Noun== scientist (plural scientists) # One whose activities ...
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  • From Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (to keep, preserve). By surface analysis, conserve + -ation. ==Noun== conservation (countable ...
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  • from Old French essay, essai, assay, assai, from Latin exagium (weight, weighing, testing on the balance), from exigere + -ium. ==Noun== ...
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  • from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next ... from Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda ...
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  • Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. ==Noun== commerce (countable and uncountable, plural commerces) # The exchange or ...
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  • chemic (“alchemy”) From Late Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus +‎ -al (“related to”). ==Adjective== chemical (not comparable) ...
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  • eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (choice, selection), from ēligō (I pluck out, I choose). Equivalent ...
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  • From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά or metaphorá, from μεταφέρω or metaphérō ...
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  • actor, Middle French actor, and their source, Latin āctor (doer), from agō (to do). Equivalent to act + -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ ...
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  • ethnic + -ity, from Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus (pagan, heathen), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός or ethnikós (of or for a ...
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  • enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre ...
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  • Borrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide” ...
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  • Borrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων or arkhitéktōn ...
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  • From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo ...
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  • From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία or etumología ...
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  • style of music than avant-garde jazz. From Latin to rock to classical compositions, Corea went on to perform and record an astonishing repertoire ...
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  • From Middle French identité, from Latin idem (the same). ==Noun== identity (countable and uncountable, plural identities) # Sameness, identicalness; ...
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  • laxative), from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία or pharmakeía (the use of drugs), from φάρμακον ...
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  • fantasie, from Old French fantasie (fantasy), from Latin phantasia (imagination), from Ancient Greek φαντασία or phantasía (apparition), from ...
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  • From Old French géométrie, from Latin geōmetria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία or geōmetría (geometry, land-survey), from γεωμέτρης ...
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  • From Middle English comedie, from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία or kōmōidía, from κῶμος ...
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  • he feared it would adversely influence his Latin style. He was a popular teacher ... modern life. Its members adopted Greek and Latin names, met on the Quirinal ...
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  • from Old French profit (Modern French profit), from Latin prōfectus (advance, progress, growth, increase, profit), from proficiō (to go forward, advance ...
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  • From Middle French muse, from Latin Mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα or Moûsa. ==Noun== muse (plural muses) # (of people) A source of inspiration ...
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  • Swedish åker (field), Icelandic akur (field), Latin ager (land, field, acre, countryside), Ancient Greek ἀγρός or agrós (field), Sanskrit अज्र ...
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  • Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (channel; canal), from canālis (canal), from canna (reed, cane ...
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  • French constitution), a learned borrowing from Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem (character, constitution, disposition, nature; definition; point ...
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  • * Latin * Latvian * Limburgish ** Maastrichtian * Lithuanian * Luxembourgish |group3 = M–S |list3 = * Macedonian * Malay * Maldivian ...
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  • puyson, puisun, from Old French poison, from Latin pōtio, pōtiōnis (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“I drink”). ...
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  • martyr, itself a borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ or mártur, later form of μάρτυς or mártus (witness). ...
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  • a lessee, husbandman, bailliff), from Medieval Latin firmarius (one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy), from firma; equivalent to farm ...
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  • buef, boef (“ox”) (modern French bœuf); from Latin bōs (“ox”), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. ...
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  • and education. His extensive knowledge of Latin and Greek equipped him to ... and endangered his life several times. His Latin scholarship eventually gained ...
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  • #:A poncho is an item of clothing used by many people in Latin America. #:A shirt is an article of clothing that covers the torso and arms. ...
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  • From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος or tēleskópos (far-seeing), from τῆλε or têle (afar) + σκοπέω ...
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  • Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (wine). Doublet of vine. ==Noun== ...
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  • (timrjan, “to build”), Latin domus and Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos). ==Noun== timber (countable and uncountable, plural timbers) ...
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  • French empereor (Modern French empereur), from Latin imperātor (emperor, commander), from imperāre (to command). ==Noun== emperor (plural emperors) ...
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  • From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. ==Noun== region (plural regions) # Any considerable and ...
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  • From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον or epítheton (epithet, adjective), the ...
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  • From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate +‎ -ion. ==Noun== elevation (countable and uncountable, plural elevations) ...
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  • From Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō ...
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  • From Middle French énergie, from Late Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια or enérgeia (activity), from ἐνεργός or energós ...
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  • Körting notes is a literal rendering of Latin linea sanguinis (bloodline ... * Meyer-Lübke suggested Latin generatio as the root; Körting says ...
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  • fine (to pay a penalty)), from fin (end), from Latin fīnis. Original English sense c. 1400 was “ending.” Sense of “ending/satisfying a ...
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  • From Middle English militari, from Old French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”). ==Adjective== military (not generally ...
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  • Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. Incorporating multiple styles and variations ...
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  • The original version is in rhyming Latin verse, and contains a series ... in illuminated manuscript form, and in Latin. Many copies were made, and ...
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  • From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure” ...
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  • From Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin universum (all things, as a whole, the universe), neuter of universus (all ...
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  • Proto-West Germanic *mīliju, a borrowing of Latin mīlia, mīllia, plural of mīle, mīlle (“mile”) (literally ‘thousand’ but used as a short ...
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  • From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account ...
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  • Marsilio Ficino (also known by his Latin name, Marsilius Ficinus) (October 19, 1433 – October 1, 1499) was one of the most influential humanist ...
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  • Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 – 433 C.E.) (Latin: Jo(h)annes Eremita Cassianus, Joannus Cassianus, or Joannes Massiliensis) is a Christian theologian ...
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