2022-11-19

Published: 2022-11-19

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-19.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• countermand
• phantasmagoria
• seasoned
• Neogrammarian
• orthoepy
• zip
• senile
• Winnie-the-Pooh
• Oxford
• multiplex

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countermand

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• Old French contremander < Latin contrā (against, counter) + mandō (I command)

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phantasmagoria

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• Ancient Greek ϕάντασμα (ghost) + an element of uncertain origin (maybe French -gorie (in allégorie (allegory)))
• cf. phantasm, allegory, etc.

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seasoned

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• “having a lot of experience of doing something”

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Neogrammarian

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• neo- + grammarian, after German Junggrammatiker (cf. German jung (young) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jung#German)
• cf. (as English) Junggrammatiker (/ˈjʊŋɡraˌmɑːtɪkə/)

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orthoepy

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• Ancient Greek ὀρθο- (ortho-, forming words with the sense “straight, rectangular, upright, perpendicular” or sometimes “right, correct, proper”) + ἔπε-, ἔπος (word) + -ία (-y) < PIE *wekʷ- (to speak) (whence English voice, etc.)
• cf. orthodox, epic, etc.

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zip

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• zip (to move with speed) < zip (a sharp whining, buzzing, or ripping sound such as that produced by an object passing rapidly through the air)

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senile

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• Latin senex (old) < PIE *sen- (old)
• senior, senescent, sir, etc.

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Winnie-the-Pooh

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Oxford

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• Oxford shoe (a low-heeled shoe laced over the instep)

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multiplex

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• plural multiplexes, (rare) multiplices
• multi- + -plex < PIE *plek- (to plait)