Tag: Indo-European
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transition
Fast Mash Via French, transition comes from Latin transitiōnem, accusative of transitiō Transitiō is formed from transire, to go across, fusing trans (across) and īre (go) Preposition/prefix trans likely derives from a verb, *trare (to cross), while īre stems from prolific Proto-Indo-European *ei– First off, I want to thank Stan Carey for his shout-out of…
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bodies of water (II of II)
In Part I, we discovered armpits and bosoms in our bodies…of water. In Part II, we discover enemies, mucous, rifles, and sponges in marsh, river, sea, stream, and swamp. Fast Mash Marsh comes from Old English mersc/merisc, related to root that gave Latin mare and English mere River enters into English around 1300 from French, riviere, from Latin riparia or ripa (riverbank) Sea is…
Mashed Radish 