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Jan 9, 2022: -1

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

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Jan 4, 2022: +1

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

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Jan 3, 2022: -1

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

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Dec 26, 2021: -8

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Why does the Latin prefix 'in-' also mean the English 'to', when Latin 'ad-' already means 'to'?

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

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How's inVEST semantically related to VEST? How did the "idea of dressing your capital up in different clothes" arise?

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

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

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

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How does "happening" appertain to "(be)falling"?

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

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Dec 25, 2021: 0

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Why did linguists choose 'Patient' (noun) to denote this Thematic Role?

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Dec 15, 2021: -1

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Why does the Latin prefix 'in-' also mean the English 'to', when Latin 'ad-' already means 'to'?

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

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

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Dec 7, 2021: +1

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

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Dec 6, 2021: +1

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

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Oct 25, 2021: +3

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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: +1

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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: +1

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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: -5

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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" alone encompass — and substitute — multiple prepositions "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: -8

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How did 'videlicet' (it's 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: -1

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What's the semantic field of "putare"?

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Apr 27, 2021: +2

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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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