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History of words
Ailin – Micaela - Milagros
Stamina 1670’s – From latin: stamen:
“rudiments or original elements of something”. Plural: stamina
First recorded on 1726 "congenital vital capacities of a
person or animal"
Taboo 1777 – From Tongan(Polynesian language
of the island of Tonga) Ta-bu: “sacred” From Hawaii: Tabu: “sacred, prohibition, holy” From Tahiti:Tapoo: “restriction, sacred” The noun and verb are English
innovations first recorded in Cook's book.
Clue Derivation from the medieval word clew that
means “ball of thread” Classic mythology: the hero Theseus was
given a ball of thread to help him find his way out of the labyrinth of Minos. By following the trail of thread he left behind him he was able to navigate his way to the exit.
The word clue then became associated with anything which might hint at the solution.
Engineer From the Latin ingenium, the same
word ingenious comes from. Not from the word engine.
Serendipity “A fortunate happenstance or a pleasant
surprise” First noted use in the English language was
by Horace Walpole (1717-1797) in a letter where he say he coined it by seeing it in the Persian fairy tale ‘The Three Princesses of Serendip’, whose heroes “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of”.
Disaster From Greece Dis: “bad”. Aster: “star”. The ancients used to blame
calamities on unfavourable planetary.
Ferret From old French: furet diminutive of
fuiron, means “thief” From Latin: furionem (related to
furonem that meant cat and was also related to “robber”)
In allusion to the animal’s slyness and craftiness)
Mortgage From the French language Means “death pledge”
Peninsula From Latin Pen: “almost”. Insula: “island”.
Muscle From Latin root meaning “little
mouse” Apparently people used to think
muscles looked like little mice under their skin.
Devil From Latin diabolus “accuser,
slanderer” From old English deofol “evil spirit,
a devil, false god, diabolical person” Jerome re-introduced Satan in Latin
bibles, and English translators have used both in different measures.
Guess From Danish gitse, getze “to guess” From Proto-germanic getan “to get” The prehistoric sense evolution then
would be from "get," to "take aim at," to "to estimate." Meaning "to hit upon the right answer" is from 1540s.
Spelling with gu- is late 16c., sometimes attributed to Caxton and his early experience as a printer in Bruges.
Abandon Mettre sa forest à bandon was a feudal is a
law phrase from the 13th cent that means “to open it freely to any one for pasture or to cut wood in” hence the later sense of giving up one's rights for a time, letting go, leaving, abandoning.
Etymologically, the word carries a sense of "put someone under someone else's control." Meaning "to give up absolutely" is from late 14
Bachelor From French bacheler that means “ knight
barchelor or young man, unmarried man” The meaning in English expanded in the
early 14 century to "young unmarried man” Bachelor party as a pre-wedding ritual is
from 1882 Bachelorette: from barchelor with French
ending “ette”. Comes from French bachelette which means “young girl”
Apology From Greek apologia that means
“speaking in defense”. To apologize was originally to
defend one's words or actions, not to express regret for them.
It acquired the modern meaning in the 18th century.
Malaria From Latin phrase mal aria which
means “bad air” It was used to describe the
atmosphere around the swamps in Rome
Nostalgia From Latin Nostos (which translates
to something like “returning home”) and algos (pain)
Nostalgia’s meaning would be “The pain of returning home”