2022-01-15

Published: 2022-01-15

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-01-15.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• chisel
• strew
• gaseous
• barbarian
• tundra
• biome
• disavow
• apocryphal
• sallow
• shabby

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chisel

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• from Latin caedō (I cut)

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strew

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• from PIE *strew- (to spread)
• cf. stratum

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gaseous

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• χᾰ́ος (kháos) (first state of the universe, space) (cf. chaos)

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barbarian

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• from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (foreign) (βαρ-βαρ is similar to modern English blah blah)

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tundra

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biome

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• 生物群系

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disavow

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• dis- + avow <- Latin advocō (I call -> call in as a defender) (cf. advocate)

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apocryphal

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• cf. apocrypha
• from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide”) <- probably PIE *ḱel- (“to cover”) -> Latin cēlō (I hide, cf. https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/11/20/celo.html)
• cf. apocalypse (from ἀπο- (apo-, indicating ending or finishing) + καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”) <- PIE *ḱel-)

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sallow

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shabby

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• from shab (obsolete) (cf. scab)