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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 10 1 2 3 … 9 10 Latin derivation #9271 10/29/00 02:13 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass verbicides, >"avuncular" is to uncle as "???" is to aunt? I know, I know!! (oh, I get so excited when I can answer one of these first! *<8^) materteral - Characteristic of an aunt it's from the Latin word for maternal aunt, but has been extended. can you think of other Latin words that have evolved into more generalized English? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9272 10/29/00 05:01 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I know, I know!! (oh, I get so excited when I can answer one of these first! *<8^) ALL RIGHT, WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH TSUWM?? Whoever you are, I think I'm safe in saying that ego has been carried over. -------------------------------------------------------- This is an EDIT, the author(ess) having read Anna's post: ego was not intended as a personal reference to tsuwm-- I really was just trying to think of a word that I could feel sure fit the category! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9273 10/29/00 11:49 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Thank you, tsuwm! And when I stop laughing at Jackie's post, I'll try to come up with some other examples Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9274 10/30/00 07:15 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass one that comes to mind is 'decimate'; originally to select by lot and kill every tenth man; now broadly to destroy a large part of. (YART! -- so what is the trick for shortening local links?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9275 10/31/00 01:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky What about decibel? Ten belMarduks? Wow, the Board would really sizzle then! Probate/approbate/opprobrium? Centurion, certainly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9276 10/31/00 01:50 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 I am told that one of me is more than enough . Hmmmm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9277 10/31/00 04:30 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I guess that a large proportion of English is taken from Latin, but there are one or two Latin phrases that have become standard English usage, such as "status quo" - so much so that one does not even think of italicising the word to show its "foreign" provenance. "Via" is another one (although I must confess that I often do italicse that one - but that's just me being a show-off.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9278 10/31/00 05:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >a large proportion of English is taken from Latin but of(f) course; and my question was regarding words which have gone beyond a rather specific meaning in Latin. (just trying to steer back on course, momentarily :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9279 10/31/00 05:32 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Centurion, certainly. is this word used at all except in a historical context? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin derivation #9280 10/31/00 07:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK I would have assumed that you would jump upon 'via' itself. I don't know much Latin, but Ithought that via (as in the famous Via Appia) meant 'roadway'. That we, in English, tend to use it metaphorically as a stopping point in any journey (ideas, roadtrips, musical discoveries etc), is surely an extended use? cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 10 1 2 3 … 9 10 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. 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