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1. Cuttack (Katak)
The word āKatakā etymologically means army cantonment. The city of Cuttack started as a military cantonment because of its impregnable situation that further developed into the capital of the state of Odisha.
The word āKatakā etymologically means army cantonment. The city of Cuttack started as a military cantonment because of its impregnable situation that further developed into the capital of the state of Odisha.
2. Jagatsinghpur
It was known as Hariharpur till 1786. In 1748, The Maratha administration kept the place under their jurisdiction and appointed Jagat Singh to collect revenue. He collected the peshkush and Nazrana and remained an unchallenged and uninterrupted administrator +
It was known as Hariharpur till 1786. In 1748, The Maratha administration kept the place under their jurisdiction and appointed Jagat Singh to collect revenue. He collected the peshkush and Nazrana and remained an unchallenged and uninterrupted administrator +
Operasi perkebunan raksasa selama Preangerstelsel di masa VOC (1720) dan masa Republik Bataaf (1808), Cultuurstelsel (1830) dan Agrarische Wet (1870) di masa Hindia Belanda berpengaruh besar kepada kemiskinan struktural dan generasional di Jawa Barat.
Pemanfaatan ketela pohon dan tepung tapioka (tepung kanji/aci), ke dalam masakan di Jawa Barat tidak lepas dari keberadaan NV. Sin Kong (ę°å
, Ind: Cahaya Baru) dan NV. Sang Fu (ēåÆ, Ind: Hidup Makmur) yang dimiliki oleh keluarga Chin/Tan dari Bandung.
NV. Sin Kong dan NV. Sang Fu ialah badan usaha yang bergerak di bidang pengepulan, penggilingan dan pengolahan ketela pohon di Jawa Barat abad ke 19 yang dikepalai oleh éęµ·ęµŖ (Mand: Chen Hai Lang, Hakka: Chin Hoi Long, Hok: Tan Hai Long), seorang perantau Hakka asal Guangdong.
In India "hotel" often refers to a restaurant. This is not an innovation; it's actually preserved an older sense of the word. A thread š§µon the #etymology of "hotel" in South Asia. 1/
English hotel is from French hĆ“tel, from Middle French hostel. The Middle French word is also the source of English hostel. In French, the circumflex (eg. Ć“) usually marks the historic presence of a consonant like s. Another example is forĆŖt, which was forest in Middle French. 2/
The French is from medieval Latin hospitÄle "guesthouse" (think "hospitality"). All of these wordsāhotel, hostel, hospitalāoriginally referred to inns or shelters for travelers to stay and rest. 3/
šØāš« Du latin au quotidien ? Eh oui, on peut facilement exploiter le lexique dĆ©jĆ employĆ© par des auteurs latins plus ou moins rĆ©cents.
š Aujourd'hui, on s'intĆ©resse aux couleurs de lāarc-en-ciel selon lāauteur Ammien Marcellin, un historien du IVĆØme s. de notre ĆØre !
š Aujourd'hui, on s'intĆ©resse aux couleurs de lāarc-en-ciel selon lāauteur Ammien Marcellin, un historien du IVĆØme s. de notre ĆØre !
ā ļø Si je prĆ©cise dāemblĆ©e quāil sāagit des couleurs de lāarc-en-ciel SELON un auteur, cāest quāelles seront diffĆ©rentes des sept canoniques que lāon connaĆ®t et apprend dans notre plus tendre enfance.
š Entrons donc dans le dĆ©tail des couleurs quāil emploie : elles auront chacune droit Ć un post plus dĆ©taillĆ© avec dāautres nuances proches. Dāabord une petite phrase de latin, avant dāavoir tout un passage en traduction :
Unexpected #Etymology
Words you wouldn't guess are etymologically linked.
An ongoing, continually updated thread šš»
Words you wouldn't guess are etymologically linked.
An ongoing, continually updated thread šš»
Medicine and remedy both come from the Latin verb medeor, meaning to heal.
Medicine comes from the Old French medecine, from the Latin medicina meaning medicine.
Remedy comes from the Old French remede, from the Latin remedium.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/medeor
Medicine comes from the Old French medecine, from the Latin medicina meaning medicine.
Remedy comes from the Old French remede, from the Latin remedium.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/medeor
Feminism, fawn and fetus both come from the PIE root *dŹ°ehā(y)-, meaning to nurse or suckle.
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Trending news of The Rock's daughter Simone Johnson's announcing her new Stage Name is breaking our Versus tool because "Wrestling Name" isn't in our database!
Here's the most useful #Factualist comparison pages #Thread š§µ
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What is the difference between āpseudonymā and āstage name?ā
Pseudonym means āa fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars,ā while stage name is āthe pseudonym of an entertainer.ā
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Pseudonym means āa fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars,ā while stage name is āthe pseudonym of an entertainer.ā
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Alias #versus Stage Name: Whatās the difference?
Alias means āanother name; an assumed name,ā while stage name means āthe pseudonym of an entertainer.ā
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Alias #versus Stage Name: Whatās the difference?
Alias means āanother name; an assumed name,ā while stage name means āthe pseudonym of an entertainer.ā
factualist.com/difference/aliā¦ #Etymology #words
In many languages the queen chess piece is called by a word derived from the Persian farzÄn/farzÄ«n (source of Arabic ŁŲ±Ų²Ų§Ł firzÄn, Russian ŃŠµŃŠ·Ń ferz', Mongolian į Ŗį ”į ·į °į ” berse, Uzbek farzin, even Middle English fers !) A thread on the #etymology of this interesting word. 1/9
This word appears as frazÄn in Middle Persian sources on chess. The piece wasn't exactly the same as today's queen, but a precursor from an earlier form of chess. It could only move one square diagonally. There is disagreement as to what "frazÄn" originally meant. 2/
The disagreement boils down to whether frazÄn meant something like "guard" or "counselor/minister". Either way, it later came to be associated with New Persian words for learned/wise, counselor/minister: farzÄn, farzÄ«n, farzÄna, etc. (along with other terms eg. dastÅ«r, vazÄ«r). 3/
In this thread šš¼šš¼šš¼students @MQLinguistics @Macquarie_Uni share what they've learned so far (1st quarter of semester)
Favorite facts about #languages and #cultures in #contact
Favorite facts about #languages and #cultures in #contact
In #Arabic we say: āFootprints indicate trajectoryā, but I never thought that a wheel would reveal a culture. This is how #cultures can be traced through #languages. The reading made me feel like I am solving a puzzle more than exploring languages.
Long thread: Connections between #Tamil and #Portuguese
When we land in a new country, we generally ask how they say āThank youā or āgood morningā in their language. When we landed in Lisbon, we asked the cab driver: āHow do you call a window in Portuguese?ā He said, āJanelaā.
When we land in a new country, we generally ask how they say āThank youā or āgood morningā in their language. When we landed in Lisbon, we asked the cab driver: āHow do you call a window in Portuguese?ā He said, āJanelaā.
The emergency windows in Portugal read as āJanela de Emergenciaā. We continued, āHow do you call table in Portuguese?ā He said, āMejaiā. We didnāt stop. āHow do you call a ākeyā?ā āShaviā, he helped us in the pronunciation. #tamil #Portuguese
Many roof top restaurants in Lisbon are named as āVaranda de Lisboaā (Balcony of Lisbon). Many of us who speak Tamil might have thought Jannal, Mejai, Varanda and Chavi are Tamil words or Sanskrit loan words. They are not. #ą®¤ą®®ą®æą®“ąÆ #tamil_portuguese
It's interesting that the American tradition of using 'inaugurate' embeds through #etymology a strange Roman superstition, a way to measure the luck of the future officeholder by ritual reading of omens from the flight of birds.
This, of course, is also why we say "this augurs well" (literally "this is promising according to omens").
We could have used simpler and more concrete terms like 'installation' or 'induction' for this purpose, but they are less laden with figurative meaning.
We could have used simpler and more concrete terms like 'installation' or 'induction' for this purpose, but they are less laden with figurative meaning.
The French, when discussing U.S. politics, use the word 'investiture' (which we also have): "to clothe in the official robes of office," another vivid and ancient image.
The ultimate Latin root is 'vestis' ("garment"), and our English word 'vestment' retains this meaning.
The ultimate Latin root is 'vestis' ("garment"), and our English word 'vestment' retains this meaning.
#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.
It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).
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It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).
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#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek į½Ī“ĻĻ / hĆŗdÅr (water) + į½Ī½ĪæĪ¼Ī± / Ć³noma (name).
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.
#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names.
#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names.
The wise, one alone, unwilling and willing to be spoken of only by the name of #Zeus, the name of Life.
- #Heraclitus 113
[Kahn 1979, pp. 267-271]
- #Heraclitus 113
[Kahn 1979, pp. 267-271]
āWith deliberate antimony #Heraclitus here presents his positive conception of the divine ... The #aphorism is unusually dense and puzzling, full of conflicting forces mysteriously under control.ā
- Kahn, āArt and Thought of #Heraclitus,ā 1979, pp. 267
- Kahn, āArt and Thought of #Heraclitus,ā 1979, pp. 267
ā... for #Heraclitus as for Aeschylus ā#etymologyā must be taken literally: an āetymos #logosā is a ātrue statementā hidden in the form of a name ... the name āZÄnosā affirms that the supreme #deity is also a principle of life, like the āeverliving fireā ...ā
- Kahn 1979 p. 270
- Kahn 1979 p. 270
The #Hebrew word for "independence" comes from a root for "strength," by way of the word "bone."
Let me explain. Źį¹¢M is the root of "strength, power, superpower, enormous," and also Etsem, "bone." I guess that meaning 1/2
#language #etymology #YomHaatzmaut
#IndependenceDay
Let me explain. Źį¹¢M is the root of "strength, power, superpower, enormous," and also Etsem, "bone." I guess that meaning 1/2
#language #etymology #YomHaatzmaut
#IndependenceDay
comes from the strength of bones.
This word also developed the meaning of "essence, self," bc bones are the essense of the body (as in, "in my bones", be'Atsmi = "myself"). Then came the word atsma'UT, "independence," i.e., reliance on oneself. 2/2
#Hebrew #language #etymology
This word also developed the meaning of "essence, self," bc bones are the essense of the body (as in, "in my bones", be'Atsmi = "myself"). Then came the word atsma'UT, "independence," i.e., reliance on oneself. 2/2
#Hebrew #language #etymology
(I wrote this in advance yesterday and now see @HebreWords has also tweeted about this today. Great tweet as well: )
Ever wonder why 'go' becomes 'went'? It comes from an old past tense of 'wend', a Germanic word meaning 'turn' or 'proceed', which otherwise survives only in the fossilized phrase 'wend one's way'. 1/3 #etymology
In the 15Cā16C, 'went' supplanted existing past-tense forms of 'go'. Texts of this time can have both, e.g. Wycliffe's Bible: 'Thei Čeden out, and wenten in to the swyne.' The past tense of 'wend', meanwhile, became 'wended' 2/3
Wendāwent was in a cluster of verbs with the same pattern: bendābent, lendālent, rendārent, sendāsentā¦ Even when English looks irregular, it's often being locally regular ā like the emergence of diveādove by analogy with driveādrove & co. 3/3
5 Boron B, named after the mineral borax which the element was first extracted from using electrolysis by British Chemist Humphry Davy who called it boracium. The -on suffix came later by analogy with carbon. #EotE #etymology #Chemistry #Science #Language
6 Carbon C, named from Latin for coal: carbo. Late 18th Century French scientists demonstrated graphite, charcoal & diamond made of same element naming it carbone, 1st listed by Antoine Lavoisier in famous 1789 chemistry textbook. #EotE #etymology #Chemistry #Science #Language
7 Nitrogen N, confusion in 16th C led to natron (sodium carbonate) & saltpeter (potassium nitrate) both being named nitre in French. French chemistĀ Jean-Antoine Chaptal named the new gas nitrogene,Ā -gĆØne, producing from GreekĀ -Ī³ĪµĪ½Ī®Ļ #EotE #etymology #Chemistry #Science #Language
Etymology of the Elements #EotE. This thread will build to explain the name of each of the 118 chemical elements in the periodic table. #etymology #Chemistry #Science #Language
More in The Secret Life of the Periodic Table, 3rd edition out now! pprc.qmul.ac.uk/~still/wordpreā¦
More in The Secret Life of the Periodic Table, 3rd edition out now! pprc.qmul.ac.uk/~still/wordpreā¦
1 Hydrogen, named from ancient Greek į½Ī“ĻĪæ- hydro meaning "water" and -Ī³ĪµĪ½Ī®Ļ genes meaning "creator" by French Chemist Antoine Lavoisier as it forms water when burnt in air 2Hā+Oāā2HāO #EotE #etymology #Chemistry #Science #Language
2 Helium, named from the Greek Titan of the Sun Helios (į¼„Ī»Ī¹ĪæĻ) as it was first seen by the unique yellow light in emits from the Sun by French astronomer Jules Janssen during a total solar eclipse 1868 #EotE #etymology #Chemistry #Science #Language
NEXT UP: 10th seed common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) vs. 2nd seed green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) #2018MMM
The clever octopus reached Round 2 by suffocating and enveloping cookie cutter shark. #sneakattack #2018MMM
(Speaking of clever, check out this @MerriamWebster video if you want to impress all your friends by knowing the *multiple* correct plurals of 'octopus'!) #2018MMM #etymology
