2022-10-21

Published: 2022-10-21

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-10-21.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• caper
• Bob’s your uncle
• full monty
• cosmopolitan
• archduke
• diachronic
• institutionalization
• crockery
• natty
• birch

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caper

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• shortened from capriole (a caper) < Latin capra (a she-goat)
• cf. to cut a caper/capers (to dance in a frolicsome way)

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Bob’s your uncle

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• etymology unknown

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full monty

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• full + a second element of unknown origin (many suggestions have been made as to the origin of this phrase, but none of them is supported by reliable historical evidence)

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cosmopolitan

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• cosmopolite + -an < Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (citizen of the world) < κόσμος (world) + πολίτης (citizen)

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archduke

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• Latin archi- (archi-, arch-, meaning “chief”) + dux (leader, duke)

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diachronic

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• Anceint Greek διά (throughout) + χρόνος (time)
• cf. dialect, diagonal, etc.

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institutionalization

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crockery

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• obsolete crocker (a potter) + -ery < crock (a pot) + -er < Old English croc

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natty

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• cf. neat

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birch

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