2023-01-07

Published: 2023-01-07

Words that I added to Anki on 2023-01-07.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• fit
• pinion
• canyon
• saline
• alkali
• buzzard
• ravine
• burrow
• sternum
• behoove

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fit

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• fit (a sudden seizure of any malady) < Old English fitt (strong)
• cf. verb, adjective fit, obsolete fit (an adversary of equal power), all of which are probably ultimately from Old English fitt

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pinion

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• pinion (to bind or secure together the arms or legs of (a person)) < pinion (a bird’s wing) < Middle French pignon, variant of pennon (pennon, a long triangular or swallow-tailed flag) < penne (feather)
• cf. pen, penne, pennon, pennant, pinna, etc.

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canyon

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• Spanish cañon (tube)

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saline

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• Latin sal (salt)

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alkali

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• Arabic al-qali, (soda ash) < al (the) + qali, colloquial variants of qily (soda ash)
• cf. Allah (< al (the) + ‘ilāh (god)), al Qaeda (< al (the) + qāʿida (base)), etc.

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buzzard

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• commonly assumed to be derived from Latin būteō (hawk or buzzard), probably imitative of the bird’s call

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ravine

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burrow

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sternum

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• Greek στέρνον (chest)
• cf. stethoscope (< Greek στῆθος (chest) + σκοπεῖν (to look at))

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behoove

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• < behoof (use, advantage)