2022-06-18

Published: 2022-06-18

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-06-18.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• scour
• taper
• bay
• jettison
• trapezoid
• blueprint
• hull
• neoprene
• guinea pig
• pathogen

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scour

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taper

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bay

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jettison

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• Latin iactō (I throw) <- iaciō (“throw”) + -tō (frequentative suffix)
• cf. jet, project, etc.

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trapezoid

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• Ancient Greek τραπέζι (trapézi, “table”) + -oid (resembling) <- τετρᾰ́ς (tetrás, “four”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) (cognate with Latin pēs (foot) via the PIE *pṓds)

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blueprint

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• blue + print
• originally a photographic print composed of white lines on a blue background, used chiefly in copying plans, machine drawings, etc.

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hull

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• the PIE *ḱel- (to cover)? (cf. Latin cēlō (I hide), whence English ceil, cell, etc.)

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neoprene

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• neo- + isoprene

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guinea pig

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• Japanese モルモット

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pathogen

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• path- (disease) + -gen (a producer of something)
• Japanese 病原体