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The Word Origin: Words, Cliches, Expressions, and Brand Names: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar by Accord Publishing, 2009-08-01 Dictionary of Word Origins by John Ayto, 1990 Camp Fossil Eyes: Digging for the Origins of Words by Mark Abley, 2009-09-01 Phrase and word origins;: A study of familiar expressions by Alfred Hubbard Holt, 1961 The Way of Chinese Characters: The Origins of 400 Essential Words by Jian-Hsin Wu, 2007-06-30 Webster's New Explorer Dictionary of Word Origins by Merriam-Webster, 2004-06-30 Ntc's Dictionary of Word Origins (NTC Business Books) by Adrian Room, 1994-04 Stories Behind Words: The Origins and Histories of 285 English Words by Peter R. Limburg, 1986-01 Get to the Roots: A Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins by Martin H. Manser, 1992-05 Only Believe: Examining the Origin and Development of Classic and Contemporary "Word of Faith" Theologies by Paul L King, 2009-01-15 Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words (Alabama Fire Ant) by William A. Read, 2008-09-28 Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins (Cassell Dictionary of...) by Nigel Rees, 2002-05-28 The Cartoon Book Of Medical Word Origins by Ray Poritsky, 2006-02-22 Pedigree;: The origins of words from nature, by Stephen Potter, 1974

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61. Srl's Maltese Word Origin Page
    I am always fascinated by word origins. Through the kindness of one KarmenuAttard I now have quite a few items on Maltese word origins.  
    http://www.monkey.sbay.org/~srl/malti/origins.html
    
    Extractions: utf-8 Tornado Times Plain Text ... iso-8859-3 If you do not see 'MEHRIBA' above, click one of the above links starting with UTF8! Confused? Click Here. I am always fascinated by word origins. Through the kindness of one Karmenu Attard karatt@ozemail.com.au Please Visit Karmenu's website http://www.ozemail.com.au/~karatt/ . And enjoy these words! Sa±±a srl

62. Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
    Associated Topics Dr. Math Home Search Dr. Math Equilateral,Isosceles, Scalene word origins. Date 12/09/2001 at 144526  
    http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/55408.html

63. English-Online.Net Category Browser
    go back Category Dictionaries and Translation / word origins, Webpage, WordSleuth, Ressources related to origins of words. Unknown,  
    http://www.english-online.net/eolweb/viewcategorylinks.asp?parent_category=21&ca

64. Dictionary Of Word Origins (World Digital Library Edition)
    Book Details, Dictionary of word origins (World Digital Library Edition) JosephT. Shipley ISBN 0594088267 Publisher Barnes Noble Digital Pub.  
    http://www.mslit.com/details.asp?bookid=0594088267

65. -imp Word Origins
    IMP word origins. -amp amp (1) short for Andre Ampere (1775-1836),a French electrical scientist. 2) short for amplifier  
    http://members.aol.com/rlongman1/imporigin.html
    
    Extractions: clamp : an unknown OE of the same source as MDu klampe cramp : ME crampe, supposedly from OF, but more likely from a common source in Franconian (an old Germanic language), from Gmc *krampas damp : ME (= foul gas), akin to MDu (= vapor, gas); both from Gmc *dampas (prob. = fog, stagnant air) gamp : British slang, from Sarah Gamp, a character in Charles Dickens' * Martin Chuzzlewit *. She was a nurse who carried a large umbrella. hamp : akin to Fris homp gramp : mumbled child-word form of 'grandfather' lamp : ME lampe, from OF, from L lampas, from Gk lampein (to shine) pamp : akin to ModE pamper, ME pamperen; prob ODu or OFris, from Gmc *pamperan ramp : both (1) and (2) from OF ramper (to rise up), prob. from Franconian, from Gmc *rampan samp : Algonkian nas'aump scamp : MDu schampen, from both slamp : poss. ModE slam + ModE slip stamp : ME stampen and OE stempan, from Gmc *stempjan

66. Q-WORDS
    QWORDS SEARCH. This is the page with the word origins for the Q-search words. TheQ-Word list word origins. quab (1) akin to EFris kwabbeln, Du quabbe; fr.  
    http://members.aol.com/rlongman1/Qorigins.html

67. Take Our Word For It Archives N-P
    I am curious about the origin of the word picnic. I am wondering about theword origins and history of two words, neighborhood and community.  
    http://www.takeourword.com/et_n-p.html
    
    Extractions: From Richard Catania: Hi, Melanie, I have a little write up to do on the word passion for my classical studies course. What I need to know is where it originated, i.e., Latin, Greek, etc.; how it changed over time; what languages it went through; and its current definition. Hope you can help. Passion : Latin pati meant suffer' (it is the source of English patient ). From its past participle stem pass- was coined in post-classical times the noun passio , denoting specifically `the suffering of Christ on the cross.' English acquired the word via Old French passion , but its familiar modern senses, in which `strength of feeling' has been trasferred from `pain' to `sexual attraction' and `anger,' did not emerge until the 16th century. Also from the Latin stem pass- comes passive , etymologically `capable of suffering.' From Owen Schott: I am doing a definition paper for an English course. I was conducting some research and luckily came upon your web site. The word that I would like to submit is

68. Take Our Word For It Etymology Book Store -- Strictly Etymology
    Dictionary of word origins. We can t recommend this book enough. 2107 Curious WordOrigins, Sayings Expressions, from White Elephants to A Song and Dance.  
    http://www.takeourword.com/strictlyEtymology.html
    
    Extractions: the only Weekly Word-origin Webzine Search Home FAQ Links ... About Reference/Dictionaries Place Names Proper Names/Eponyms Stars/Celestial Bodies ... General Reference/Dictionaries The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology Mr. Barnhart is very thorough and provides dates as well as excellent Proto-Germanic root information. We refer to this book frequently. Dictionary of Word Origins We can't recommend this book enough. It is a delight to either read through or simply browse as a reference. Mr. Ayto is quite thorough and entertaining, as well. An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English Vol I An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English Vol II Ernest Weekley's valuable reference volumes. Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Allusions by Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber From "Abelard and Heloise" to "Zuzu's Petals", this book provides the history, meaning, and context for many of the creative and colorful allusions that enrich fine writing. For every entry I knew, I found at least a dozen that I either was misinterpreting or just glossed over in my reading. A great book for the reference shelf [or] bedside... Review from Amazon.com.

69. Countrybookshop.co.uk - Oxford School Dictionary Of Word Origins
    A comprehensive dictionary of word origins for school students. OxfordSchool Dictionary of word origins by Ayto, John, Order This Item.  
    http://www.countrybookshop.co.uk/books/index.phtml?whatfor=0199108080

70. Once Upon A Word: True Tales Of Word Origins
    Once upon a Word True Tales of word origins. by Rob Kyff, Media PaperbackManufacturer/Publisher Tapestry Press Release Date April  
    http://www.growinglifestyle.com/prod/1930819293.html

71. Haypenny: Word Origins- Wednesday, March 27, 2002
    word origins Wednesday, March 27, 2002. With that in mind, we present the secondinstallment of our series of interesting word origins. Enjoy. Cake  
    http://www.haypenny.com/archive/dailyarchive/betty/020327.html
    
    Extractions: Wednesday, March 27, 2002. I f you’ve ever watched the National Spelling Bee on television, surely you’ve seen the nation’s finest young spelling scholars ask the head bee for a word’s origin. These brilliant young men and women are smart enough to realize that the story of a word’s origin is not only usually a fun anecdote, but also a very helpful tool in decoding the word’s spelling. As far as we’re concerned, if great word origin stories are good enough for those young people who will one day be our nation’s most respected and celebrated spellers, then word origins stories are good enough for you. With that in mind, we present the second installment of our series of interesting word origins. Enjoy. Cake The word cake is actually a contraction. Originally, the word

72. Haypenny: Word Origins - Wednesday, May 29, 2002
    word origins Wednesday, May 29, 2002. word origins are the funniestthing I can think of. Lots of ordinary, everyday words come  
    http://www.haypenny.com/archive/dailyarchive/cory/020529.html
    
    Extractions: Wednesday, May 29, 2002. Word origins are the funniest thing I can think of. Lots of ordinary, everyday words come from some of the most hilarious and earth-shattering places. Take the word ordinary for example. Would you believe that this word started as a mistake and then shortly after became the hippest new slang word around? It’s true! John Wilkes Booth accidentally stuttered the fake phrase ord-I-narrey when he forgot what he had planned to yell while slaughtering the country’s most beloved president. It was nonsense at the time but he was trying to yell something that sounded Latin. Because what he really meant to yell was the phrase Sic Sempar Tyrannous, which is a Latin phrase meaning Kill Abe Lincoln! Killing presidents became so commonplace that every time someone killed a president they would, as a joke, yell ord-I-narrey . And that joke became so commonplace that everybody in the world understood it and used the phrase to describe everyday occurrences. And finally in 1922 congress changed it to one word ordinary meaning not so special and begged all the dictionary companies to put it in their dictionaries.

73. Word Origins, Satire, Dirty Poems, Puns, Slang Curse Words
    Bawdy Language The word origins of curse words, sex slang words and profanity. Lovelanguage, word origins, etymology of slang, puns and wordplay?  
    http://www.bawdylanguage.com/
    
    Extractions: More than just a catalogue of dirty words and phrases, more than just a comprehensive dictionary of sexual slang, it's several books in one - a history of sex, the origins of curse words, sexual satire and parody, a personal body manual, a collection of dirty poems and quotes, a social commentary, and a tasteful but biting editorial statement against the forces of restraint and convention.

74. Word Origins Roots Ideas Vocabulary Genetics Medicine Language Online Dictionary
    To further configure word ideas , roots and origins from Mythology, Literature,Poetry, History, Politics, Biology, Genetics, Medicine and other sources were  
    http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/introb.htm
    
    Extractions: No javascript support Search Why PandoraWordBox.com? The ancestry of ideas in words has roots in remote times, in a manner similar to the ancestry of genes. Like genes, words have a family history or pedigree that can be traced. Notably, biologic and linguistic evolution are intertwined. Ancestral archives of genes and words contain "archetypes" of ideas that may serve as bridges with the past and may explain modern realities. The survival of archetypes against oblivion reflects qualities of utility, fitness, beauty or at least elegance. The charm of many "word ideas" had a grip on the imagination of many saints, poets, and politicians who used them to inflame the imagination of followers. Liberty, Justice, Happiness, Oblivion, Mother, Nation are "word ideas" that have fostered dreams and engendered nightmares. Inevitably, as human leaders and dictators exploit "word ideas" to frame new odysseys, meanings may evolve, become deformed, be replaced or die. Many ideas gain grit when illustrated with images of classic sculptures and paintings.

75. Word Origins At Wild Child Publishing.com, Book Review
    word origins An Exploration and History of Words and Language by Wilfred Funk,LITT. D. A Book Review © 2004 by Marci G. Baun. Every word was once a poem.  
    http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/bookreview46.html
    
    Extractions: by Wilfred Funk, LITT. D. by Marci G. Baun "Every word was once a poem. Each began as a picture. Our language is made up of terms that were all originally figures of speech." - Wilfred Funk weorold , which combines the words wer , "man," and yldu , "age". Taken literally, world means "the age of man." Certainly, that's not what it means today or how we use it in our language, but that is its origin. There are many more such instances, some logical, but many like world. The book is set up in chapters of words that relate to each other like Where Words About Human Beings Come From Sources of Words of Attitudes and Emotions , and Where Animal Names Come From . The chapters are broken up into sections: intro, alphabetical listing of words, and, in some chapters, miscellaneous words not included in the alphabetical listing. When Funk includes the miscellaneous words, he often connects one word to the next, much like James Burke links science, historical events and innovative ideas in the famous TV series Connections. However, on a few occasions, Funk is not always as adept in his explanations as Burke. In these instances, the explanations have left me with more questions than answers. When my father was still alive, he could figure out the meanings of words because of his knowledge of prefixes, suffixes and roots of words. He used to tell me that one of the most helpful things he was forced to learn in his high school English class was all the Latin and Greek prefixes, suffixes and roots. In part, this is why if I had to choose a favorite section of the book, it would be the chapter titled

76. An Etymological Dictionary Of Classical Mythology
    Salve! Welcome to my home, a site dedicated to the study of word origins.Specifically, I am focusing on those modern English words  
    http://www.kl.oakland.edu/kraemer/edcm/
    
    Extractions: Take me to the Dictionary! Elizabeth Wallis Kraemer is an Assistant Professor in the Library at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. She received her Master's degree in Library and Information Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. As an undergrad, Beth attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English and Latin. As a member of the Lee Honors College at Western, one of Beth's graduation requirements was the completion of a thesis that would represent the culmination of her four years of college study. Thus was born An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology , the perfect union of Beth's English skills, her interest in Classical languages, and her passion for etymology.

77. Word Origins
    word origins. Word (Latin or Greek origin) example. Abduct (awayfrom + to lead). Abductor - muscle which moves the part away from  
    http://www.med.sc.edu:89/Gross/PassingGross/WordOrigins.htm
    
    Extractions: WORD ORIGINS Word (Latin or Greek origin) - example Abduct (away from + to lead) Abductor - muscle which moves the part away from the midline of the body or a part of the body Acetabulum (vinegar + receptacle) - the socket of the hip joint Acinus (grape) - the smallest lobule of a gland or a sac-like dilation of a small passage Acromion (raised point + shoulder) Adduct (toward + lead) - to draw toward Aden (gland) Adenoid (gland + like) - lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx Adnexa (to + bind) - the ovary and tube are "attached" to the uterus Adventitia (to come in, an addition from without) - outer tissue Afferent (toward + carry) Ala (wing) Alba (white) Alveolus (hollow + small space) - tooth socket or air spaces of the lung Ampulla (flask shaped) - a dilated area + a narrow neck Amygdaloid (almond shaped) Anastomosis (up + mouth) - mouth-like openings coming together Aneurysm (up + widening) - a widening or ballooning out of an artery Angio (vessel) - carries lymph or blood Annular (round) Ansa (handle of a jug) - nervous structure in the form of a loop Arachnoid (spider web + like) - a thin membrane over the brain and spinal cord Arcuate (arched) Arthro- (joint) Astrocyte (star + cell) Atlas - the 1 st cervical vertebra (C1) Autonomic (self + law) - a self regulated (law unto itself) nervous system Axon (axle) - each neuron has a single axon arising from the axon hillock Azygos (unyoked) - not a pair Bolus (throw) - a large quantity of a substance, ingested or injected, and intended for therapeutic or diagnostic usage

78. Ancient Word Origins - Etymology
    Ancient word origins, Understanding the word origins may giveus a better and deeper insight of the terms we use daily.  
    http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=93051&origin=4567

79. Mrs. Brooks Lessons Plans
    After students have finished, explain to students the diversity of word originsin the English language and, more specifically, in the content area.  
    http://www.spellingbee.com/lessonplans/lesson4.htm
    
    Extractions: The teacher should ask students to brainstorm a list of content-area words that are related to a particular theme in home economics, for example food or clothing. After students have finished, explain to students the diversity of word origins in the English language and, more specifically, in the content area. Discuss a few word examples to stimulate student interest in the origin of content-related words: Cooks and etymologists have speculated on the origin of the word sirloin and gone far astray. The most popular theory was that this particularly choice cut had once appealed so strongly to the English king, (etymologists debate whether it was King Henry VIII or King James I!), that he tapped it with his sword and dubbed it "sir" before settling down to the feast. Thus, he bestowed knighthood upon the steak, "Sir Loin." This is completely untrue, as the word sirloin originally was a French word, surloigne, formed from sur, "over," "above," and longe, "loin." Actually, sirloin came into English from French at the time of the Norman Conquest, long centuries before the reign of Henry VIII or James I!

80. All Consuming: Book Info: Dictionary Of Word Origins: A History Of The Words, Ex
    Dictionary of word origins A History of the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Useby Jordan Almond Citadel Trade Sales Rank 32,042 Average Rating 3 stars  
    http://allconsuming.net/item.cgi?isbn=0806517131

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