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2020-11-12 15:36:50 -0400
Peter C
first attestation of the plural "Americas" in English?
etymology
English
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2020-07-02 16:27:09 -0400
professorluiscruz
How to say "love and connection" in native languages around the world.
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2020-05-30 07:39:13 -0400
Hippogrief
Why do people say "My ass!" when they do not believe you?
interjection
slang
etymology
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2019-09-23 06:27:48 -0400
Paola
Words of fear cross-linguistically
Semantics
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Semantic
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2019-07-27 13:26:05 -0400
ksteimel
Origin of "Out of Pocket"
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2018-12-13 08:01:28 -0400
anneelsvdwal
Could the word 'anger' be derived from the Zoroastrian god of evil 'Angra Mainyu'?
etymology
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2018-03-14 14:17:53 -0400
George Ou
The origin of affixes
etymology
Middle_English
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Latin
PIE
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2017-11-04 13:37:52 -0400
Randi
Does the root for "ineffable," which I imagine is "eff," have anything to do with the four letter word "f---?"
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2016-12-04 16:08:34 -0400
Missellany
What is the origin of common Indian names like Twinkle, Dimple, Pinky, etc?
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2016-08-15 12:57:25 -0400
[email protected]
Why is vocabulary, word etymology, adstratum, etc. not included with language classification?
linguistics
English
Vocabulary_size
etymology
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2016-04-03 11:46:12 -0400
Randy
The word for wine in Barese (Italian dialect) "mir". Can you tell me the etymology of this word? Thank you so much. Randy
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2015-03-29 05:39:57 -0400
tsara90
Brand names structure and semantics, analysis, etymology, marketing etc. what could be a good thesis for this topic?
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