2022-12-17
Published: 2022-12-17Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-17.
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word list
girder
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- gird (to fasten tightly, to surround) + -er < Old English gyrdan
- cf. girth
malted
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- “malted milk”
pallor
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- Latin pallor (paleness) < pallēre (to be pale) + -or (suffix forming nouns of condition (e.g., error, horror, etc.)) < PIE *pel- (pale)
- cf. pale, pallid, etc.
semi
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- U.S. and Australian, “semi-trailer*
lorry
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- cf. obsolete lurry (to carry)
vermiform
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- Latin vermis (worm) + -form (suffix forming adjectives with the sense “having the form of”)
- cf. worm (which is related to Latin vermis)
scalpel
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- PIE *(s)kel- (to cut)
- cf. sculpture, etc.
sally
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- cf. Latin salīre (to leap) or PIE *sel- (to jump)
rally
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- French rallier (to reassemble) < re- + allier (to ally)
- cf. re-ally (to ally again)