Languages & Linguistics

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Swedish verbs with the meaning of mixing

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by Supermiledi‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Lundin‭

vocabulary Swedish semantics

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Why does the Latin prefix 'in-' also mean the English 'to', when Latin 'ad-' already means 'to'?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

Latin

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How can the Latin prefix 'in-' possibly befit imputare?

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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Does Japanese have pronouns?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by curiousdannii‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

pronouns typology

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How does taking, buying, procuring (emō) semantically appertain to destruction, annihilation (perimō)?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 10mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How does "happening" appertain to "(be)falling"?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 10mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology

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How does saeculum ( “generation” or “lifetime") semantically relate to PIE root *se- "to sow"?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'less than' semantically shift to mean 'if not'?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 11mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology

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How does propitius (“favorable, well-disposed") semantically relate to PIE root *per- (1) "forward")?

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

etymology pie

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Resources for a speaker of Modern Hebrew to learn Biblical Hebrew?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

Hebrew

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How did 'consideration' shift to signify grounds and the act of deliberation, then inducer of a grant or promise?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by PSTH‭ · edited 11mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology particular-word

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How did 'style' signify names of court cases?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 11mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology legal-language

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How did 'unless' evolve to mean 'if not'?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology

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

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Greek

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Is the etymology of 'amphigory' semantically related to the English idiom 'go round in circles'?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Greek

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

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 11mo 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 11mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 11mo ago by Ullallulloo‭

etymology legal-language

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

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

etymology

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

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 11mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology French

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What is "Charter change bill" in English?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 12mo 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 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 12mo 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 1y ago by deleted user · edited 12mo ago by deleted user

English

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What language is this (cursive) sample?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 12mo 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 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by Cereal Nommer‭

English grammar

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Does using plural form for singular object make sense?

2 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user · edited 1y ago by Moshi‭

English pronouns

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What is the difference between a guild and a lodge?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y 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 1y ago by deleted user

Thai

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

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology French particular-word

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

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology English accounting

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

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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What causes people to write compound words as distinct words?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by tommi‭ · edited 1y ago by Moshi‭

grammar orthography Norwegian Finnish compound-words

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Linguistics of categorization

1 answer · posted 1y ago by deleted user · edited 1y ago by deleted user

plurality categorization nouns

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What's the semantic field of "putare"?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y 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 over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology Latin

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Human general communication languages with generally no plurality

0 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user · edited 1y 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 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y 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 1y ago by deleted user · closed 1y ago by Moshi‭

American-English

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How to use the soft sign (Ь)?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by General Sebast1an‭

pronunciation Russian letter

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How tan pronounced?

2 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

English pronunciation

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

0 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user

English

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What is "phoolon" in Hindi?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Hindi

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What does "po" mean in Filipino?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by General Sebast1an‭ · last activity 1y ago by General Sebast1an‭

particular-word Filipino

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y 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 1y ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

historical-linguistics

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by deleted user · last activity over 1 year ago by deleted user

orthography Thai Lao

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A possible common confusion between electronic, digital and virtual

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by deleted user · edited over 1 year 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 over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Moshi‭

etymology English

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