2022-08-23

Published: 2022-08-23

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-23.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• perturb
• wax
• poncy
• collage
• tuft
• purchase
• hurl
• nodule
• plunge
• metabolism

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perturb

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• Latin perturbō (I purturb) <- per- + turbō (I disturb) <- turba (turmoil)
• cf. disturb, turbulent, turbocharger, turbine, trouble, turbid, masturbate (whose most widely accepted derivation is manus (hand) + stuprō (I defile, rape), remodelled after turbō (I disturb)) etc.

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wax

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• “to grow”
• cf. wane

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poncy

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• ponce (a kept man) + -y

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collage

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• French collage (collage) <- coller (to paste, stick) + -age (collective suffix?)

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tuft

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purchase

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• “a firm hold that allows someone or something to be pulled or lifted without sliding or falling”

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hurl

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nodule

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• Latin nōdulus (little knot) <- nōdus (knot) + -ulus (diminutive suffix)

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plunge

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• Latin *plumbicare (to throw a leaded line) <- plumbum (lead)
• cf. plummet, plumber, Pb (atomic symbol for lead), *etc.

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metabolism

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• μετᾰβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) <- μετα- (meta-) + βᾰ́λλω (bállō, “I throw”)
• cf. hyperbole, etc.