Whatzat mean? Word origins.

homoe · 02-20-2018, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by cathexis

and.... Your word is _______?

You don't post a word in THIS thread, that's in "Word Of The Day" thread.

homoe · 02-20-2018, 11:14 AM

onomatopoeia

Boom! Bang! Crash! When a word is formed from the sound that an associated thing makes, it's an example of onomatopoeia.

In Greek, onomatopoeia (on-uh-mah-tuh-PEE-ah) simply means "word-making," but in English it refers to a very specific process of word-making: an attempt to capture the sound of something. Examples of onomatopoeia in English include burble, buzz, slosh, ratatat, and thud. Words created by onomatopoeia can seem totally natural, but they can be surprisingly different from language to language.

Gemme · 02-20-2018, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by homoe

onomatopoeia

Boom! Bang! Crash! When a word is formed from the sound that an associated thing makes, it's an example of onomatopoeia.

In Greek, onomatopoeia (on-uh-mah-tuh-PEE-ah) simply means "word-making," but in English it refers to a very specific process of word-making: an attempt to capture the sound of something. Examples of onomatopoeia in English include burble, buzz, slosh, ratatat, and thud. Words created by onomatopoeia can seem totally natural, but they can be surprisingly different from language to language.

This is one of my favorite words of all time!

homoe · 02-21-2018, 04:46 PM

interlocutor........

One who takes part in dialogue or conversation.

Interlocutor derives from the Latin interloqui, meaning "to speak between". Interloqui, in turn, ultimately comes from the words inter-, "between," and loqui, "to speak." Some other words that English borrowed from loqui are loquacious "talkative", circumlocution essentially, "talking around a subject", ventriloquism "talking in such a way that one's voice seems to come from someone or something else", eloquent "capable of fluent or vivid speech, and grandiloquence "extravagant or pompous speech".

homoe · 02-21-2018, 08:20 PM

heliocentric.........

Having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.

homoe · 02-24-2018, 09:08 AM

talisman..............

An object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck. An object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune. Something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects.

Do you believe in lucky charms? Language reflects the fact that many people do. We might have borrowed talisman from French, Spanish, or Italian; all three include similar-looking words for a lucky charm. Those three terms derive from a single Arabic word for a charm, tilsam. Tilsam in turn can be traced to the ancient Greek verb telein, which means "to initiate into the mysteries." While the word talisman, in its strictest use, refers to an object, even a human being can be considered a talisman—such as a player on a team whose mere presence somehow causes magical things to happen.

homoe · 02-25-2018, 12:02 PM

Pillion........

A light saddle for women consisting chiefly of a cushion
A pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle chiefly for a woman to ride on
A motorcycle or bicycle saddle for a passenger.

Scots Gaelic or Irish; Scottish Gaelic pillean, diminutive of peall covering, couch; Irish pillín, diminutive of peall covering, couch.

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02-21-2018, 04:46 PM	#4
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02-24-2018, 09:08 AM	#6
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02-25-2018, 12:02 PM	#7
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