2022-08-26

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-26.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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primordial

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  • Latin prīmordium (beginning) <- ōrdior (I begin)

phylum

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  • Latin phylum (phylum) <- Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe”)
  • cf. phyle (tribe)
  • Japanese

taxonomic

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  • taxonomy + -ic <- French taxonomie <- Ancient Greek τᾰ́ξῐς (táxis, “arrangement”)

arachnida

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  • Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”)
  • cf. arachnophobia, arachnodactyly (the condition of having unusually long and slender fingers and hands) (with suffix -dactyly (forming nouns denoting normal or abnormal conditions of the digits (e.g., polydactyly)))
  • Japanese クモ綱

palatable

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  • “acceptable”
  • now rare verb palate (to perceive or try with the palate) <- Latin palātum (palate)

verve

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  • French verve (eloquence) <- probably Latin verbum (word)?

egg white

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  • egg + white

hull

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  • “to remove the hull of”

Eton mess

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  • “a dessert consisting of whipped cream, pieces of meringue, and fruit (typically strawberries), traditionally associated with Eton College”

tartar

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  • Japanese 酒石, 歯石