Languages & Linguistics - Posts tagged etymology

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

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 12d ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How does 'contango' semantically appertain to (1) 'continue'? (2) Or 'contain' as in Spanish 'contengo'?

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 28d ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A Why did linguists impute Proto-Italic *moini-, *moinos- "duty, obligation, task" — to PIE root *mei- (1) "to change, go, move"?

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Q&A How did 'in' + 'as' + 'much' (⟶ inasmuch) compound to mean "in an equal or like degree"?

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Q&A How did prae + scribere semantically shift from meaning "write before" ⟶ "a title or right acquired through long use or uninterrupted possession"?

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Q&A How did (the cross-linguistic univerbation) 'nothing/not/none/no + less' semantically shift to mean 'despite'?

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Q&A How did 'ad-' + 'rogare' compound to mean 'to make great claims about oneself'?

1 answer · posted 3mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 3mo ago by dsr‭

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie the legal meaning of 'vest' — with its original meanings of 'robe', 'gown'? [duplicate]

0 answers · posted 6mo ago by PSTH‭ · closed as duplicate 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How can fulsome constitute "a case of ironic understatement"?

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

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 3mo ago by dsr‭

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

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How's inVESTing semantically related to VEST? Isn't the "idea of dressing your capital up in different clothes" insane?

1 answer · posted 6mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 4mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A videlicet : How did 'it's permissible to see' semantically shift to signify 'to wit, namely'?

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 4mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie "pull, drag" (in tractō) 🡒 "negotiate, bargain" (in 'treat')?

1 answer · posted 4mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 4mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie vērum's 2 superficially unrelated senses — "truly" vs. 'but; yet; however'?

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Q&A Why does "counter" mean the area of a letter entirely, or partially, enclosed by a letter form or a symbol?

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 5mo ago by PSTH‭

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

0 answers · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 5mo ago by PSTH‭

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

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

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

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 6mo ago by PSTH‭

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

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

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

0 answers · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 6mo ago by PSTH‭

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

2 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 6mo ago by PSTH‭

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

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

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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 over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 6mo ago by PSTH‭

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

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 6mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How did 'unless' evolve to mean 'if not'?

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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 7mo ago by PSTH‭

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

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

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 7mo 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 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 7mo ago by Ullallulloo‭

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

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 7mo 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 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 7mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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

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

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

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

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

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

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

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

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

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

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

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

1 answer · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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

1 answer · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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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 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 12mo ago by Moshi‭

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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