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What is the origin of the name Lena ?

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Why is there "man" on "woman" and "male" on "female"?

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Similar words for “square” and “beach” in Romance languages - any connections?

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Semantic shifts when the ironic sense became the main meaning?

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Perspire has nothing to do with spiritus, does it?

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Not English speaker, are monks and monkeys related somehow?

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Question Regarding Etymology of Chupa/Choopa in Spanish and Hindustani

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Words of Greek Origin in our Languages

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What would the term “pocket book” be referring to in the context of a Union soldier’s possessions in 1864?

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History of the phrase “awkward silence”?

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does the name Aldis have any meaning or significance?

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What is the origin of "Hog Line" in lawn bowling and curling

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The phrase “Dink Around”

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What is the origin of the word "dust" that means both to add and remove small particles?

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Video Game "Level Up"

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A Turkic version of -stan suffix

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"Center" as a title for a place

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From where does the practice of appending "-Lee" to female names come from?

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View Post: Tartary, Barbary, Araby, and Muscovy are all obsolete names with endings derived from Latin “-ia”. Was there something about this particular form that once implied a large, decentralized region?

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Tartary, Barbary, Araby, and Muscovy are all obsolete names with endings derived from Latin “-ia”. Was there something about this particular form that once implied a large, decentralized region?

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"He's in the wind"

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Why is the opposite of “dehiscence” equal to “indehiscence”, instead of “hiscence”?

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Do the words effective efficient and effect have similar origin? If so what in their meaning links these words together?

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How was the word "nostrum" created. Why does it have its current meaning in english?

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