2022-01-10

Published: 2022-01-10

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-01-10.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• pneumatic
• actuator
• drug
• slat
• sinuous
• workshop
• stagger
• anthracite
• solder
• weld

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pneumatic

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• Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breath”)
• cf. pneumonia

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actuator

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• actuate (to make a machine work in a certain way) + -or

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drug

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slat

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sinuous

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• English sinus + -ous
• cf. sine

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workshop

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stagger

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anthracite

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• Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”)
• 無煙炭
• cf. anthrax (https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/basics/index.html, 炭疽症)

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solder

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• Latin solidō (I make solid) (cf. solid)

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weld

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• probably from the past participle of obsolete well (to boil, to weld)