2022-07-19

Published: 2022-07-19

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-19.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• dotty
• lithosphere
• globule
• rend
• chalcedony
• detached
• unintelligible
• tack
• catatonia
• fletching
• lattermost
• hack
• mildew
• hank
• whetstone
• ascribe
• disown
• obnoxious
• colloquium
• spoke

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dotty

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• from dot, its obsolete meaning “to limp”

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lithosphere

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• Ancient Greek λῐ́θος (líthos, “stone”)
• cf. paleolithic, monolithic

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globule

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• Latin globus (round object)

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rend

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• cognate with rind

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chalcedony

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• Japanese 玉髄 (ぎょくずい)

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detached

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unintelligible

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• un- + intelligible

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tack

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catatonia

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• Greek κατά (down) + -τονία <- τόνος (tone)

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fletching

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• perhaps a corruption of fledge

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lattermost

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• latter + most

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hack

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mildew

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• the Germanic base of Gothic miliþ (honey) + the Germanic base of dew
• ultimately cognate with mellifluous

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hank

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whetstone

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• whet (to sharpen) + stone
• Japanese 砥石

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ascribe

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• Latin ascrībō (I state in writing)

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disown

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• dis- + own

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obnoxious

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• Latin ob- + noxa (hurt)
• cognate with pernicious, prefix necro- (e.g., necrosis, necrophilia, etc.), via PIE *neḱ- (to perish)

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colloquium

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• Latin loquor (I say) (see also https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/11/04/ventriloquist.html)
• cf. colloquy, etc.

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spoke

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• Japanese 輻 (や)