2022-04-23

Published: 2022-04-23

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-04-23.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• glean
• harness
• euphoria
• skid
• ratchet
• trump
• leeway
• fledgling
• salaried
• water-repellent

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glean

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notes

• “to gather ears of corn which have been left by the reapers”

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harness

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euphoria

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notes

• Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”) <- φέρω (phérō, “I bear”) -> English peripheral, metaphor, etc.
• antonym dysphoria

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skid

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• Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood) <- PIE *skey- (to split) (cf. shed)
• cf. ski

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ratchet

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trump

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• corruption of triumph

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leeway

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• lee (the side of the ship away from the wind) + way

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fledgling

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• fledge (to grow feathers and learn to fly) + -ling (diminutive suffix, see also https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/10/30/diminutive.html)
• cognate with fly via PIE *plewk- (to fly)

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salaried

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• Latin sal (salt) -> English salt

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water-repellent

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notes

• repel + -ent (suffix functioning as a material agent?) <- Latin re- + pellō (I push)
• cf. water-resistant, waterproof https://www.hzo.com/blog/waterresistant-waterrepellent-waterproof-whats-difference/