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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread instauration #127166 04/09/2004 8:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Mon Mar 17 00:01:07 EST 2003 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--instauration instauration (in-sto-RAY-shuhn) noun 1. Renewal; renovation; restoration. 2. An act of founding or establishing something. [From Latin instauration-, from instauratio, from instaurare (to renew). Other words derived from the same root are: store, restore, and stow.] Der Quibblemeister says Def.1 is in error. How can you renew something until after it has been started? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: instauration #127167 04/09/2004 8:47 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Looking at the etymology it looks like def 2 is the one in error. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: instauration #127168 04/09/2004 8:56 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: so AHD by its own admission, makes the same mistake. instauration SYLLABICATION: in·stau·ra·tion PRONUNCIATION: nstô-rshn NOUN: 1. Renovation; restoration. 2. The institution or establishment of something. ETYMOLOGY: Latin nstaurti, nstaurtin-, from nstaurtus, past participle of nstaurre, to renew. See st- in Appendix I. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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