2022-11-20

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-20.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list


hysteresis

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  • Greek ὑστέρησις (shortcoming) < Ancient Greek ὑστερεῖν (to be behind) < ὕστερος (late)

moron

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  • Ancient Greek μωρόν, neuter of μωρός (foolish)
  • cf. oxymoron (< ὀξυ- (sharp) + μωρός)

marble

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  • Latin marmor (marble) < Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (marble)

analgesic

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  • analgesia + -ic < ἀν- (alpha privative) + ἄλγησις (sense of pain) < ἄλγος (pain) > suffix -αλγία (English -algia)
  • cf. algesia (the sensation of pain), nostalgia (< Ancient Greek νόστος (return home) + -αλγία), neuralgia, etc.

superlative

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oleander

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saltpeter

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  • alteration of obsolete salpetre (saltpeter) < Latin salpetra, probably for sal petrae (salt of stone) (cf. English petroleum)

digitalis

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  • Latin digitalis (foxglove) < digitālis (measuring a finger’s breadth), with reference to the shape of the flowers

foxglove

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  • fox + glove, since the flower resembles a glove, but the origin for the first element is not clear

trace

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  • trace (a very small amount) < trace (an indication of the presence of a minute amount of some constituent in a compound)