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The Word Origin: Words, Cliches, Expressions, and Brand Names: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar by Accord Publishing, 2009-08-01 Dictionary of Word Origins by John Ayto, 1990 Camp Fossil Eyes: Digging for the Origins of Words by Mark Abley, 2009-09-01 Phrase and word origins;: A study of familiar expressions by Alfred Hubbard Holt, 1961 The Way of Chinese Characters: The Origins of 400 Essential Words by Jian-Hsin Wu, 2007-06-30 Webster's New Explorer Dictionary of Word Origins by Merriam-Webster, 2004-06-30 Ntc's Dictionary of Word Origins (NTC Business Books) by Adrian Room, 1994-04 Stories Behind Words: The Origins and Histories of 285 English Words by Peter R. Limburg, 1986-01 Get to the Roots: A Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins by Martin H. Manser, 1992-05 Only Believe: Examining the Origin and Development of Classic and Contemporary "Word of Faith" Theologies by Paul L King, 2009-01-15 Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words (Alabama Fire Ant) by William A. Read, 2008-09-28 Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins (Cassell Dictionary of...) by Nigel Rees, 2002-05-28 The Cartoon Book Of Medical Word Origins by Ray Poritsky, 2006-02-22 Pedigree;: The origins of words from nature, by Stephen Potter, 1974

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61. NEPTUNE'S WEB - Oceanography Lesson Plans For Language Arts; Maritime Vocabulary
    But many of the phrases and word origins are not obvious. Full speed ahead; Out of commission Pass out copies of the Ocean word origins Worksheet.  
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    Extractions: Ocean Words Origin Teachers: The purpose of this activity is to help students understand word origins using ties between modern language and maritime cultures. Objectives: Identify how the modern meaning of several words have changed from the sense they originally had in maritime cultures. Recognize how the ocean's prominence in our culture has shaped our language. Create a hypothesis about the original ocean related meanings of everyday words. Teacher Background: Many of the words used every day have their origins in maritime cultures. Considering that it wasn't until this century that continent to continent travel took place on ships, many of our ancestors traveled to the United States on ships. Thus, many of the first settlements founded were ports. These settlements depended on the ocean for food, trade, travel, and news from their home countries. It only makes sense that many words reflect this past and present ocean culture. Some phrases seem obvious. The name of our country is taken from an ocean map maker

62. More Word Origins 8
    Jerk The origin of the common English word jerk is unknown. The ancient origin of the word is from a IndoEuropean root for healthy or strong,  
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    Extractions: Math Words, pg 8 Back to Math Words Alphabetical Index Abundant Abundant numbers are numbers whose proper divisors total to more than the number. Twelve is the smallest abundant number because the sum of its proper divisors, 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 6 = 16 which is greater than 12. The word is from the union of the Latin roots ab , away, and undare , to flow. Literally then, the word means overflowing, and refers to a general excess of something. The ancient Greeks often applied mystical properties to numbers and used them to predict futures and personal fortunes. They worked with Perfect, abundant, and deficient numbers as early as 100 years before the Christian Era. The first known use of "abundant number" in English was by Robert Recorde in Whetstone of Witte during the Sixteenth Century. Addend The word we now use for the numbers to be added together is shortened from the word addendum. Originally the word was applied only to the values after the first. For example in 4 + 3 the three was considered an addend but not the four, since only the three was being "added". The Latin phrase was numeri addenda . By the 1600's the word seems to have been applied equally to any of the numbers to be added. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was first used in English in a 1696 book by Samuel Jeake "Place the Addends in rank and file one directly under another".

63. More Word Origins 5
    Formula The origin of formula is from the Latin forma from which we get the word directly a math word, but its origin was interesting enough to include.  
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    Extractions: Math Words, pg 5 Back to Math Words Alphabetical Index Barycenter The word barycenter is another term for the center of gravity or centroid. The Greek root is barus which generally refers to weighty or heavy. The more ancient Indo-European root seems to have come from a word like "gwerus" and has relatives in our words for gravity and grave. Another word derived from the same root is baryon , the name for a family of particles that are heavier (more massive) than mesons. The word barometer also comes from the same root and is so named because, in a sense, it measures how heavy the air is. Another related word still in current use is baritone, which literally means heavy voiced. The science names for the chemical barium and the ore from which we obtain it, barite, also called "heavy spar", are both from the same root. The History of Math web site at St. Andrews University in Scotland credits the creation of barycenters to August Möbius (1790-1868): In 1827 Möbius published Der barycentrische Calcul, a geometrical book which studies transformations of lines and conics. The novel feature of this work is the introduction of barycentric coordinates. Given any triangle ABC then if weights a, b and c are placed at A, B and C respectively then a point P, the center of gravity, is determined. Möbius showed that every point P in the plane is determined by the homogeneous coordinates [a,b,c], the weights required to be placed at A, B and C to give the center of gravity at P. The importance here is that Möbius was considering directed quantities, an early appearance of vectors.

64. Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
    Equilateral, Isosceles, Scalene word origins. Date 12/09/2001 at 144526 From Julian Subject Triangle history I need to find out about the origins of  
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65. A Welsh View: Word Origins
    WordOrigins is devoted to the origins of words and phrases, Etymology is the study of word origins. Where words come from is a fascinating subject,  
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    Extractions: Free international calls with some mobile deals, and 1p/min for other UK users. Main WordOrigins is devoted to the origins of words and phrases, or as a linguist would put it, to etymology. Etymology is the study of word origins. Where words come from is a fascinating subject, full of folklore and historical lessons. Often, popular tales of a word's origin arise. Sometimes these are true; more often they are not. While it often seems disappointing when a neat little tale turns out to be untrue, almost invariably the true origin is just as interesting. The site has the origins of over 400 words and phrases. Posted by Robert Gale at 07:24 PM Permalink TrackBack URL for this entry:

66. CheatHouse.com - History Of The English Language - Word Origins, How English Was
    Library of essays, termpapers and book reports for high school, college and university. Categorized, commented and rated. Free unrestricted access to active  
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67. Medical Meanings: A Glossary Of Word Origins
    Health administration books for hospital managers, health administrators and physician executives with wealth of resources, including books, articles,  
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    Extractions: Price: $33.00 "Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." Dr. William S. Haubrich's curiosity knows no bounds, nor does that of his readers. The overwhelming demand for more histories of yet more words is satisfied in the eagerly awaited second edition of Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins Here the reader will find not just etymology and explanations of medical terminology but lessons in history and popular culture. They will learn what really ailed John Merrick, a.k.a., the Elephant Man; what odd deformity plagued the House of Hapsburg, rulers of Spain from 1493 to 1780; and what the connection is between fetal alcohol syndrome and Little Orphan Annie.

68. History Of The English Language - Word Origins
    What are the etymological origins of many common words such as ketchup and Also found at the word origins Game site is another game, a New Words  
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69. Srl's Maltese Word Origin Page
    I am always fascinated by word origins. Through the kindness of one Karmenu Attard I now have quite a few items on Maltese word origins.  
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    Extractions: utf-8 Tornado Times Plain Text ... iso-8859-3 If you do not see 'MEHRIBA' above, click one of the above links starting with UTF8! Confused? Click Here. I am always fascinated by word origins. Through the kindness of one Karmenu Attard karatt@ozemail.com.au Please Visit Karmenu's website http://www.ozemail.com.au/~karatt/ . And enjoy these words! Sa±±a srl

70. "Word Safari: Megalist Of Word Links"
    Focusing on Words Articles and quizzes on vocabulary and word origins. Word for Word word origins, queries, and extensive list of links for  
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71. Oxford University Press: Word Origins ... And How We Know Them: Anatoly Liberman
    word origins is the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the Part history, part howto, and completely entertaining, word origins  
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    Extractions: You are here: OUP USA Home U.S. General Catalog Etymology for Everyone Anatoly Liberman Add to Cart hardback 320 pages Mar 2005, In Stock Shipping Details "Millions of people want to know the origin of the words they use. Word columns in daily newspapers and numerous books attempt to satisfy their curiosity. Word histories are usually digested like pills: the user is interested in getting well, not in the chemistry of the prescribed medication. Those who send letters to the Editor also want a straight answer without bothering about how "editors" come by their knowledge. Therefore, they fail to realize that etymologies are seldom definitive and that the science of etymology is intensely interesting. Perhaps if someone explained to them that, compared to the drama of words, Hamlet is a light farce, they might develop a more informed attitude toward philological research and become students of historical linguistics rather than gullible consumers of journalists' pap."Anatoly Liberman

72. TP.c
    What’s even more interesting is the origin of the word. This is also from Dictionary.com. Middle English morgage, from Old French mort, dead (from Vulgar  
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73. Word Origins: Building Communication Connections—MTMS Article
    word origins Building Communication Connections Students learn origins of the vocabulary of mathematics to reinforce the concepts of mathematics.  
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74. 22. Word Origins
    word origins. Next Section Early Government Regulation (19031946) word origins, 23. Early Government Regulation, 24. Original Articles  
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    Extractions: Word Origins Next Section Early Government Regulation (1903-1946) Previous Section Fakes, Frauds, and Cranks (1866-1922) Home Page Table of Contents / Site Search Jump to Section... Home / Table of Contents / Site Search 1. Period Overview 2. The Electric Telegraph 3. News and Entertainment by Telephone 4. Personal Communication by Wireless 5. Radio at Sea 6. Early Radio Industry Development 7. Pioneering U.S. Radio Activities 8. Alternator-Transmitter Development 9. Arc-Transmitter Development 10. Audion and Vacuum-tube Receiver Development 11. Pre-War Vacuum-tube Transmitter Development 12. Pioneering Amateurs 13. Radio During World War One 14. Expanded Audion and Vacuum-tube Development 15. Amateur Radio After World War One 16. Broadcasting After World War One 17. Big Business and Radio 18. Broadcasting Becomes Widespread 19. The Development of Radio Networks 20. Financing Radio Broadcasting 21. Fakes, Frauds, and Cranks 22. Word Origins 23. Early Government Regulation 24. Original Articles

75. Toast
    D. word origins and Their Romantic Stories. New York Funk Wagnall’s, 1950. Shipley, Joseph. Dictionary of word origins. Savage, MD Rowman  
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76. Wordorigins Org @ Www.ezboard.com
    A site devoted to origins of words and slang phrases. 6463, 6/25/05 333 pm. word origins Archive 18 (03/04pres), 1144, 7/30/05 353 pm  
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77. Word Origins - Blog Information, Ratings, Reviews
    word origins by a4avaiz word origins in the English Language stars Tunisia English Academic born 05.05.04 added 09.26.04 updated 09.26.04  
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78. Random House Value Publishing | Catalog Search
    word origins An Exploration and History of Words and Language Written by Wilfred Funk Hardcover Wings Reference Etymology 0-517-26574-5 August  
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79. Kids Discover: Check It Out!(facts About Guadeloupe Islands And Word Origins)
    facts about Guadeloupe islands and word origins) from Kids Discover, a publication in the field of Home Garden, through LookSmart s FindArticles service.  
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    Extractions: in partnership with Read the full article with a Free Trial of HighBeam Research Why is some of the sand of Guadeloupe black? What do the words canoe, hammock, barbecue, and hurricane have in common? Answers: Why is some of the sand of Guadeloupe black? Guadeloupe is a group of islands. Three of the islands were formed by volcanoes. ... Read the full article with a Free Trial of HighBeam Research

80. Dictionary Of Word Origins (World Digital Library Edition) - Microsoft Reader Ca
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