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Q&A How did 'equity' semantically broaden to mean 'common shares'?

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

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Q&A 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

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

0 answers  ·  posted 5d ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 5d ago by PSTH‭

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

0 answers  ·  posted 5d ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 5d ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A 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

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

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

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

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

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Q&A How does "drive out" shift to signify "weigh out"?

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

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Q&A '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

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Q&A What's the semantic field of "putare"?

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

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Q&A 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

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Q&A How did 'folding back' semantically shift to mean 'reply'?

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

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

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

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Q&A How did 'style' signify names of court cases?

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A 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

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Q&A 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

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

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How did 'to wit' shift to denote 'that is to say'?

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

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Q&A 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

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

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

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

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A 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

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

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

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Q&A Why “chose” in action? Why not “right/droit” in action?

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

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Q&A Why do the most spoken human languages in 2021 greet with words related to health or peace?

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

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Q&A How did “negotiable” mean “a good or security whose ownership is easily transferable”?

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

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Q&A How did “a pesar de” signify “in spite of”?

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How did "join issue" mean ‘jointly submit a disputed matter to the decision of the court’?

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

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Q&A How did "put under" shift to signify "cause to take the place of", then "enough"?

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

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Q&A How did 'quibus?' shift to mean 'evasion of a point at issue'?

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

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Q&A Please expound and simplify the semantic progression behind "reduce"?

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How did kúklos ("circular") shift to signify "general"?

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

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Q&A Why are service or maintenance contracts called 'warranties', when they aren't Legal Warranties?

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

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Q&A How can "lemma" be translated as "rede-ship" with merely Germanic etymons?

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

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Q&A What did the etymons of “on by + out, over, up” mean?

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Q&A Expound and simplify the "semantic progression" behind "must"?

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

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Q&A How does the notion of “in defiance of” signify “notwithstanding”?

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How does "happening" appertain to "(be)falling"?

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭

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

2 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by PSTH‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How does backwardation semantically relate to "backward"?

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by tommi‭

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Q&A What explains Arabic "Greater Etymology"?

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by user53100‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by user53100‭

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Q&A Etymology of "ohyra"?

2 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by tommi‭

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie "gasket" with "little gird, maidservant"?

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How can a prepositional phrase shift to become a verb?

2 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by msh210‭

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Q&A How did « re » + « partir » compound to "repartee", which means "rejoinder"?

1 answer  ·  posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie 'privity' with 'privity of contract'?

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

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Q&A How did 'equity' semantically shift to mean 'Assets — Liabilities'?

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

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Q&A Etymology of "son of a gun"

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by hkotsubo‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by hkotsubo‭

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

1 answer  ·  posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Moshi‭

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