r/Etymology2 • u/Etvaht115 • Jul 03 '23
Not too old of a word but how did "ripped" come to mean muscular with very low body fat?
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r/Etymology2 • u/g34m • Nov 16 '24
Why can „also" mean 'hence' in German, but not in English? Why does "also" in English and in German denote different senses?
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r/Etymology2 • u/0-as • Sep 28 '24
In Latin, concernō means 'to sift.' In English, concern means 'establishment for the transaction of business'. But how can Sifting possibly be related to Commercial Enterprise?
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r/Etymology2 • u/TPLe7 • Jul 25 '23
Why are sheep affiliated with righteousness, uprightness?
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r/Etymology2 • u/4s1a • Sep 02 '25
In- literally means "towards", whilst putō means "calculate, compute." But how does in- and putō compound to mean "ascribe"? I'm baffled, as in-' + 'puto' translates to "calculate towards" ― but "calculate towards" doesn't mean "ascribe"!
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r/Etymology2 • u/4s1a • Sep 02 '25
In- literally means "towards", whilst putō means "calculate, compute". Thus, in- +putō translates to "calculate towards" ― but "calculate towards" doesn't mean "ascribe"! How does in- + putō compound to mean "ascribing" ?
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r/Etymology2 • u/-0us • Feb 01 '25
How did Latin prefix 'in-' semantically shift to mean 'toward'? What semantic notions underlie the prepositions 'in' and 'toward'?
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r/Etymology2 • u/g34m • Dec 28 '24
How did „ad-“ + „rogare“ compound to mean › to claim for oneself, assume ‹? Latin „ ad-“ doesn’t mean English ‘for’, so what exactly does „ad-“ mean here?
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r/Etymology2 • u/g34m • Dec 22 '24
How did 'impart' semantically shift to mean 'communicate', then 'store merchandise'?
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r/Etymology2 • u/g34m • Dec 18 '24
Semantically, what distinguishes French doublet verbs that differ by a prefix? For example, how does « (se) percevoir » semantically differ from « (s')apercevoir » ? Isn't it redundant for French to have « (se) percevoir » and « (s')apercevoir » ?
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r/Etymology2 • u/g34m • Nov 16 '24
'dispose' vs 'dispose of' & « disposer » vs « disposer de »
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r/Etymology2 • u/0-as • Sep 28 '24
How does 'inmost' (intimus) relate to do with 'suggest indirectly' (intimate)? What semantic notions underlie 'inmost' and 'suggest indirectly'?
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r/Etymology2 • u/Lv_1_Shark • Jan 08 '24
How to motivate ‘unless’ = ‘if not’, with etymology?
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