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Oct 25, 2021

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

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

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Oct 19, 2021

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

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Oct 6, 2021

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

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Sep 22, 2021

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What spoken human languages in 2021 don't salute with words related to health or peace?

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

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How can "in terms of" substitute for such prepositions as "at, by, as, or for"?

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

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

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Aug 28, 2021

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

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

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What's the semantic field of "putare"?

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

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

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

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

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

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Aug 13, 2021

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What's the semantic field of "putare"?

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Apr 27, 2021

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

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Apr 13, 2021

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

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Apr 11, 2021

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

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Apr 5, 2021

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

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Mar 30, 2021

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

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

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Mar 21, 2021

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

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Mar 19, 2021

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

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Mar 17, 2021

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How do Latin etymons that end in English in *-tion* nearly always name a process?

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Mar 13, 2021

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How can "in terms of" substitute for such prepositions as "at, by, as, or for"?

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

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How do Latin etymons that end in English in *-tion* nearly always name a process?

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