2022-08-02

Published: 2022-08-02

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-02.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• levee
• mulch
• eye
• balmy
• tater
• tuber
• tumble-dryer
• abide
• iridium
• devout
• pliers
• exothermic
• thermocouple
• dick
• soup up
• ville
• cower
• throw on
• outwit
• jimmy

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levee

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• French levée, feminine of levé, past participle of lever (to raise) <- levis (light)
• cf. lever, elevate, levitate, etc.
• cf. alleviate, relief, etc.

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mulch

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• Japanese 根覆い

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eye

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• “a bud, especially one on a potato”

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balmy

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• balm + -y

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tater

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• aphetic form of potato
• also tatie, tattie (Scottish? https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tattie)
• cf. ‘mater (tomato)

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tuber

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• Latin tūber (hump)
• cf. protuberant (Latin prōtūberō <- prō + tūberō (I swell) <- tūber)
• Japanese 塊茎

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tumble-dryer

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• frequentative of obsolete tumb (to tumble)

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abide

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• a- + bide

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iridium

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• Latin īris (rainbow) (because of the bright colour of many of its salts)
• cf. iris, iridescent

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devout

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• Latin dēvoveō (I devote) <- dē- + voveō (I vow)
• cf. devote, vow, vote, etc.

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pliers

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• ply + -er <- Latin plicō (“to bend, fold”)

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exothermic

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• ἔξω (éxō, “outer”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”)

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thermocouple

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• Japanese 熱電対

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dick

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• “to handle something inexpertly”

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soup up

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• perhaps influenced by super-

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ville

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• French ville (town) <- Latin ville (country house) -> English village

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cower

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throw on

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outwit

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• out- + wit

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jimmy

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• also jemmy