Nounetymology (plural etymologies)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Etymology is the study of the history of words, where they are from, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages, and texts about the languages, to gather knowledge about how words were used at earlier stages, and when they entered the languages in question. Etymologists also apply the methods of comparative linguistics to reconstruct information about languages that are too old for any direct information to be available. By analyzing related languages with a technique known as the comparative method, linguists can make inferences about their shared parent language and its vocabulary. In this way, word roots have been found which can be traced all the way back to the origin of, for instance, the Indo-European language family. Even though etymological research originally grew from the philological tradition, nowadays much etymological research is done on language families where little or no early documentation is available, such as Uralic and Austronesian. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is the etymology of the word eloquence? Q. I have to write a definition paper and I need to know the etymology or the history of the word eloquence. Im sure the etymology of the word eloquent would work too. Thanks! ;) Asked by C - Sun Oct 11 23:25:21 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Etymology: ME & OFr < L eloquentia: Eloquence (from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking in public. It is primarily the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. The term is also used for writing in a fluent style. The concept of eloquence dates to the ancient Greeks, Calliope,(one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne) being the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence. Eloquence derives from the Latin roots: (a shortened form of the preposition ex), meaning "out (of)," and loqui, a deponent verb meaning "to speak." Thus, being eloquent is having the ability to project words fluidly out of the mouth and the ability to… [cont.] Answered by d_r_siva - Mon Oct 12 00:48:12 2009 Where on the internet would I find the etymology of the word "myocardial infarction"? Q. I really want to put the etymology of the word "myocardial infarction", which is the professional term for "heart attack", but I need at least 2 sources to back this information up. Can you please give at least 2 sources, where I can find this information Is there a medical etymology website or termonology website online? Thank you ahead of time Asked by axe238 - Sat Apr 4 13:33:17 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. The intensive Latin verb infarcire is the root of a contemporary medical term. Most medical nouns in English stem from classical Greek and Latin words. For example, myocardial: mys, myos Greek, muscle + kardia Greek, heart Thus, myocardium is heart muscle, cardiac muscle that surrounds the heart in a tough, thick layer. So follows our etymology of the medical phrase: myocardial infarction. The grey area is the infarcted tissue. myocardialis Scientific Latin, of the heart muscle + infarctio, infarctionis Latin, stuffing a sausage until it is full A myocardial infarction is a heart attack due to the closing off of a coronary artery that causes an infarct of the heart muscle. In an infarct, part of the heart muscle dies from lack of… [cont.] Answered by J.S. - Sat Apr 4 13:42:11 2009 What is the etymology of using 'seed' as a sports contest term?
Q. I had thought that the homophone 'cede' would be a better term, as in "The governing body ceded a 1st place to the Imaginary Mascots of Whattsamater U in the March Cheerleading Tournament." Hence, my question of 'seed's' history. Asked by Jim T - Thu Apr 10 11:17:39 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Here's what an online etymological site said" seed (v.) "to produce seed," c.1374; "to sow with seed," c.1440; from seed (n.). Sporting (originally tennis) sense (1898) is from notion of spreading certain players' names so as to insure they will not meet early in a tournament. The noun in this sense is attested from 1933. Answered by JaneB - Fri Apr 11 01:23:08 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "etymology"  nvonews.com Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:12:22 GMT+00:00 Northern Voices Online In its continuation, the Department of Tamil Development, Government of Tamil Nadu has so far published 20 volumes of etymology of Tamil words. ... World Classical Tamil Conference inaugurated Merinews  kuenselonline.com Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:47:24 GMT+00:00 Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper Its etymology that hello originated from a natural shout speaks for itself. It is just a shout, basically a sound and nothing more. ...  nytimes.com Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:44:54 GMT+00:00 New York Times It's a mythological creature that resembles a werewolf and sucks the blood out of baby goats, he told me, explaining the etymology of the Chupacabra, ... From Google News Search: "etymology"  uni-due.de 606px x 400px | 150.00kB [source page] Malkiel Yakov 1993 Etymology Cambridge University Press  img385.imageshack.us 614px x 562px | 29.00kB [source page] one of my favorite examples of the folly of direct democracy has an article on pwn Leave a Comment From Yahoo Image Search: "etymology"  apiperscave.blogspot.com Molly Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:35:00 GM This I did not know. Not that I've ever heard "decimate" used in a particularly cheerful sense anyway, but now they tell me it comes from the old Roman practice of punishing mutinous, or otherwise misbehaving legionaries by choosing a ... From Google Blog Search: "etymology" |
