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How did 'equity' semantically broaden to mean 'common shares'?

0 answers · posted 4d ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1d ago by PSTH‭

etymology finance

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How did "bail" shift to signify "money deposited as a guarantee when released"?

1 answer · posted 5d ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 2d ago by Ullallulloo‭

etymology legal-language

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How did 'equity' semantically shift to signify 'Assets — Liabilities'?

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etymology

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How did 'security' semantically shift to signify 'tradable financial asset'?

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etymology finance

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How did « histoire », in « histoire de/que », semantically shift to signify "in order to/that"?

1 answer · posted 10d ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 8d ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology French

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What is "Charter change bill" in English?

1 answer · posted 1mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 19d ago by mcalex‭

English

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scilicet: How did 'it is permitted to know' semantically shift to signify 'that is to say, namely'?

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 21d ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Latin

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Which phrase is correct? (Is using plural form for singular object make sense?) (Does using plural form for singular object make sense?)

3 answers · posted 1mo ago by Istiak‭ · edited 25d ago by Istiak‭

English

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What language is this (cursive) sample?

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 26d ago by Jirka Hanika‭

identification language-identification

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What should I use instead of `have` in present perfect tense?

1 answer · posted 3mo ago by Istiak‭ · last activity 1mo ago by Cereal Nommer‭

English grammar

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Does using plural form for singular object make sense?

2 answers · posted 2mo ago by Istiak‭ · edited 1mo ago by Moshi‭

English pronouns

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What is the difference between a guild and a lodge?

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 2mo ago by gmcgath‭

English

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How to say in Thai "There isn't a necessity to think in the pattern of X"?

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by JohnDoea‭

Thai

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How did syn + ek + dekhesthai compound to signify "supply a thought or word; take with something else, join in receiving"?

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etymology Greek

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How did "re" + "join" semantically compound to mean "riposte"?

0 answers · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 2mo ago by PSTH‭

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How did “-able” semantically shift to mean “requiring”?

2 answers · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 2mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology English accounting

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How does "drive out" shift to signify "weigh out"?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 2mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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'videlicet': How did “it is permissible to see” semantically shift to signify “to wit, namely”?

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 2mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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What causes people to write compound words as distinct words?

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grammar orthography Norwegian Finnish compound-words

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Linguistics of categorization

1 answer · posted 3mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 3mo ago by JohnDoea‭

plurality categorization nouns

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What's the semantic field of "putare"?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'repraesentāre' semantically shift to signify 'standing in the place of another'?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'folding back' semantically shift to mean 'reply'?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How's “drag” (tractāre) semantically related to “handle, deal with, discuss”?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'style' signify names of court cases?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology legal-language

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How did 'in-' + 'putare' compound to mean 'to attribute, credit to'?

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology Latin

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Human general communication languages with generally no plurality

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 3mo ago by Moshi‭

list-of-languages plurality

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Malay languages or Indonesian languages --- which is more close to Philippine languages?

1 answer · posted 3mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Malayo-Polynesian-languages

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Is there any country in South America in which Spanish and/or Portuguese aren't dominant (excluding the Caribbean's)? [closed]

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · closed 3mo ago by Moshi‭

America

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How to use the soft sign (Ь)?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by Mark Giraffe‭

pronunciation Russian letter

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How tan pronounced?

2 answers · posted 3mo ago by Istiak‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

English pronunciation

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Is it correct to use `Had I had it?`

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by Istiak‭

English

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What is "phoolon" in Hindi?

1 answer · posted 3mo ago by Istiak‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Hindi

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What does "po" mean in Filipino?

1 answer · posted 4mo ago by Mark Giraffe‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Mark Giraffe‭

particular-word Filipino

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In typography, why does "counter" signify the area of a letter entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology English

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How does the original meaning of “but” (“outside”) relate to its current 2021 meanings?

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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Why didn't the same one (ancestor) language preponderate over China, Japan, Korea?

1 answer · posted 4mo ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 4mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

historical-linguistics

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How did 'to wit' shift to denote 'that is to say'?

0 answers · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 4mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology

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Is it true to say that Lao script is a simplified version of the Thai script?

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 5mo ago by JohnDoea‭

orthography Thai Lao

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A possible common confusion between electronic, digital and virtual

0 answers · posted 5mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 5mo ago by Moshi‭

colloquial

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Why did David Ricardo coin "rent", to signify income from a factor of production that exceeds the minimum amount necessary (to beget that factor of production)?

0 answers · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 5mo ago by Moshi‭

etymology English

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How did "as" amass all its confusing "broad and vague meanings"?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 5mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology English particular-word

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What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?

2 answers · posted 6mo ago by celtschk‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Hebrew historical-linguistics pronunciation Greek evolution-of-languages

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Why wasn't the prefix 'ad-' used for 'in-' + 'putare'?

0 answers · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'forfeit' shift to signify ‘penalty imposed for committing such a misdeed'?

1 answer · posted 6mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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Is any theory according to which Yiddish is Turkic or Khazar-based supported by any serious evidence?

1 answer · posted 6mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

German Yiddish Turkic Khazar Cuman

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The Thai words for "definition" and its derivates

0 answers · posted 6mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 6mo ago by JohnDoea‭

Thai

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Why do only certain letters have an ending form in Hebrew? [duplicate]

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by Mithical‭ · edited 6mo ago by msh210‭

Hebrew

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How did 'solicit' semantically shift to signify ‘manage affairs’?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 6mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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Why “chose” in action? Why not “right/droit” in action?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 6mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology legal-language

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