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Aug 31, 2022

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If assūmptiō = 'take up', then can ad- (prefix) = 'up'? But why, when super- = 'up'?

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Aug 22, 2022

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What does Etymonline mean by 'to raise (someone) out of trouble'?

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What semantic notions underlie 'con-' + 'sign' 🡺 with "deliver or transmit (goods) for sale or custody"?

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Aug 21, 2022

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What does Etymonline mean by 'to raise (someone) out of trouble'?

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Aug 20, 2022

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What semantic notions underlie 'con-' + 'sign' 🡺 with "deliver or transmit (goods) for sale or custody"?

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Aug 17, 2022

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What semantic notions underlie 'con-' + 'sign' 🡺 with "deliver or transmit (goods) for sale or custody"?

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Aug 8, 2022

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How did 'rendre' semantically shift from meaning 'give back' to 🡺 1. 'make, cause to be' 🡲 2. 'represent, depict'?

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Aug 7, 2022

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How did 'rendre' semantically shift from meaning 'give back' to 🡺 1. 'make, cause to be' 🡲 2. 'represent, depict'?

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

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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)?

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Why “chose” in action? Why not “right/droit” in action?

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

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How can a problem or puzzle be analogized as a knot?

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

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Aug 3, 2022

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What semantic notions underlie "inmost, innermost" (intimus) 🡲 with "make known, announce" (intimo)?

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Aug 2, 2022

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If assūmptiō = 'take up', then can ad- (prefix) = 'up'? But why, when super- = 'up'?

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Jul 31, 2022

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What semantic notions underlie "inmost, innermost" (intimus) 🡲 with "make known, announce" (intimo)?

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Jul 30, 2022

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What semantic notions underlie "inmost, innermost" (intimus) 🡲 with "make known, announce" (intimo)?

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Jul 25, 2022

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Isn't lībra pondō circumlocutory? Because both lībra and pondō meant "weight"?

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

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Jul 24, 2022

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Isn't lībra pondō circumlocutory? Because both lībra and pondō meant "weight"?

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Jul 20, 2022

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How did commeātus semantically shift from meaning "passage" 🢂 to "leave of absence"?

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How did in- + partire compound to mean "communicate as knowledge of information" (impart)?

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What semantic notions underlie “to exchange” (PIE *meyth₂-) 🢂 “to give, bestow” 🡺 “to let go, send” (Proto-Italic *meitō)?

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Demise — How did "dismiss, put away" semantically shift to mean 🡲 a transfer of property, or the grant of a lease?

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How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🢂 in Vulgar Latin 🡺 to mean "put"?

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How did 'to wit' shift (from "to know") 🡺 to mean 'that is to say'?

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Jul 18, 2022

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How did commeātus semantically shift from meaning "passage" 🢂 to "leave of absence"?

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How did in- + partire compound to mean "communicate as knowledge of information" (impart)?

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What semantic notions underlie “to exchange” (PIE *meyth₂-) 🢂 “to give, bestow” 🡺 “to let go, send” (Proto-Italic *meitō)?

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How did "dispose" semantically shift from meaning "put apart" 🡺 to "transfer title to property"?

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Demise — How did "dismiss, put away" semantically shift to mean 🡲 a transfer of property, or the grant of a lease?

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How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🢂 in Vulgar Latin 🡺 to mean "put"?

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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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