2022-08-01

Published: 2022-08-01

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-01.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• contort
• deposit
• fest
• torrent
• pelvis
• oblique
• copious
• doff
• irrigate
• plow
• cowling
• chute
• reclaim
• morphine
• bloodletting
• compost
• manure
• inundate
• germinate
• backbreaking

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contort

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• Latin con- + torqueō (I twist)

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deposit

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• from frequentative of Latin dēpōnō (I place aside) <- pōnō (I place)
• cf. posit, etc.

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fest

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torrent

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• Latin torreō (I scorch)

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pelvis

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• plural pelves, pelvises

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oblique

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• Latin ob- + līmus (askew)

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copious

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• Latin cōpia (plenty) -> English copy <- co- + ops (power, resources) -> English opulent

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doff

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• from archaic English do off
• cf. don

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irrigate

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• Latin irrigō (I water) <- in- (which gets assimilated to ir- before the letter r) + rigō (I wet)

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plow

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• also plough

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cowling

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• cowl (garment with a hood) + -ing

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chute

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• French chute (fall)

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reclaim

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• Latin re- + clāmō (I cry out)

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morphine

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• Morpheus (the god of dreams)
• Japanese モルヒネ

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bloodletting

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• blood + letting <- obsolete let (to allow the escape of)
• Japanese 潟血, etc.

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compost

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• Latin compōnō (I compose) <- com- + pōnō (I place)

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manure

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• Latin manu operari (to perform manual labour as a feudal service) <- manus (hand)

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inundate

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• Latin inundō (I overflow) <- in- + undō (I wave)
• cf. undulate, abundant

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germinate

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• Latin germinō (I sprout) <- germen (sprout, germ) -> English germ

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backbreaking

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