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May 14, 2022
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Why did linguists impute Proto-Italic *moini-, *moinos- "duty, obligation, task" — to PIE root *mei- (1) "to change, go, move"?
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May 8, 2022
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How can a prepositional phrase shift to become a verb?
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Apr 20, 2022
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How does "happening" appertain to "(be)falling"?
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How does "happening" appertain to "(be)falling"?
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Mar 20, 2022
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Why did linguists impute Proto-Italic *moini-, *moinos- "duty, obligation, task" — to PIE root *mei- (1) "to change, go, move"?
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Mar 17, 2022
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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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Mar 8, 2022
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How does 'contango' semantically appertain to (1) 'continue'? (2) Or 'contain' as in Spanish 'contengo'?
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How did 'in' + 'as' + 'much' (⟶ inasmuch) compound to mean "in an equal or like degree"?
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Mar 7, 2022
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How does 'contango' semantically appertain to (1) 'continue'? (2) Or 'contain' as in Spanish 'contengo'?
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How did 'in' + 'as' + 'much' (⟶ inasmuch) compound to mean "in an equal or like degree"?
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How did (the cross-linguistic univerbation) 'nothing/not/none/no + less' semantically shift to mean 'despite'?
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Mar 6, 2022
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How does 'contango' semantically appertain to (1) 'continue'? (2) Or 'contain' as in Spanish 'contengo'?
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How did 'in' + 'as' + 'much' (⟶ inasmuch) compound to mean "in an equal or like degree"?
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How did (the cross-linguistic univerbation) 'nothing/not/none/no + less' semantically shift to mean 'despite'?
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Mar 4, 2022
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How did 'ad-' + 'rogare' compound to mean 'to make great claims about oneself'?
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Mar 2, 2022
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How can fulsome constitute "a case of ironic understatement"?
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Mar 1, 2022
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How can fulsome constitute "a case of ironic understatement"?
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Feb 24, 2022
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What semantic notions underlie the legal meaning of 'vest' — with its original meanings of 'robe', 'gown'?
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How did 'security' semantically shift to signify 'tradable financial asset'?
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How does the semantic notion of “in defiance of” signify “notwithstanding”?
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Feb 22, 2022
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How does the semantic notion of “in defiance of” signify “notwithstanding”?
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Jan 29, 2022
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How's inVESTing semantically related to VEST? Isn't the "idea of dressing your capital up in different clothes" insane?
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Jan 28, 2022
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How's inVESTing semantically related to VEST? Isn't the "idea of dressing your capital up in different clothes" insane?
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