2022-09-17

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-09-17.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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crescent

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  • Latin crēscō (I grow)

especial

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  • Old French especial
  • cf. especially, special, species, etc.

hitherto

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  • hither + to <- Old English hider (hither) <- demonstrative stem hi- (e.g., he, here, etc.) + suffix appearing also in Latin ci-trā (on this side)
  • reflecting the change of postvocalic /d/ to /ð/ before syllabic /r/ or /ər/ (cf. father <- Old English feadur, together <- Old English togædere, etc.)
  • cf. come-hither

tandem

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  • Latin tandem (at length of time)

antecedent

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  • Latin antecēdō (I precede) <- ante- + cēdō (I go, I give up, etc.)
  • cf. cede, precede, concede, etc.

macron

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  • Ancient Greek μακρόν, neuter of μακρός (long, large)
  • cf. macro-

breve

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demarcation

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  • Spanish demarcacion <- demarcar (mark out the bounds of) <- de- + marcar (to mark)

unlawful

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revelation

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  • Latin revēlō (I reveal)