2022-11-27

Published: 2022-11-27

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-27.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• hand
• paddock
• cheep
• dainty
• plait
• raven
• porker
• knacker
• foxhound
• hindquarter

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hand

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• “a unit used in expressing the height of a horse, equal to four inches”
• see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_(unit)

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paddock

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• probably a variant of parrock (a small field), which shows influence from French parc (park)

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cheep

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• imitative

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dainty

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• Latin dignitātem (worthiness) < dignus (worthy)
• cf. dignity, disdain, etc.

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plait

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• PIE *plek- (to plait)
• cf. complex, etc.

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raven

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porker

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• pork + -er

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knacker

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foxhound

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hindquarter

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