2022-06-05

Published: 2022-06-05

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-06-05.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• textile
• prowess
• flaccid
• conjoin
• escapade
• ovulate
• cowardice
• illegible
• strangle
• impregnate

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textile

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notes

• Latin textile (textile) <- texō (I weave)
• cf. texture

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prowess

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notes

• cf. proud

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flaccid

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notes

• flaccus (flabby)
• cf. flabby

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conjoin

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notes

• con- + join

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escapade

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notes

• ultimately from Latin ex- + cappa (sleeveless coat)
• cf. escape, cape, 合羽 (borrowing from Portuguese capa (cape))

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ovulate

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notes

• Latin ōvum (egg)
• cf. ovum (a mature female reproductive cell)

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cowardice

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notes

• Latin cauda (tail) (one hypothesis suggests that a coward animal “turns tail”)

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illegible

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notes

• il- + legible <- Latin legō (I read)

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strangle

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notes

• Latin strangulō (I strangle) <- PIE *strengʰ- (to twist)
• cf. strangulate (to constrict an organ, duct, etc. so as to prevent circulation or the passage of fluid)

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impregnate

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notes

• Latin nāscor (I am born)
• cf. impregn (impregnate) (now only in poetic use?)