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- According to or by means of etymology; as regards etymology.
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All these meanings have been associated with the notion of trance, a word etymologically rooted to the Middle English traunce, the Old French transe, and the Latin transpire, which refer to a passage or means of going over or across.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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But it was just the Armenian word, without any history of angry usage, just a word etymologically-based on the root negro/black.
Will sensitivity about racism turn racism into a taboo subject? Ann Althouse 2007
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But it was just the Armenian word, without any history of angry usage, just a word etymologically-based on the root negro/black.
Will sensitivity about racism turn racism into a taboo subject? Ann Althouse 2007
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Both words derive etymologically from the Latin verb uti, to use or to receive benefit from.
Petrus Ramus Sellberg, Erland 2006
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Mount Orontes is to be recognized in the modern Elwend or Erwend -- a word etymologically identical with _Oront-es_ -- which is a long and lofty mountains standing out like a buttress from the Zagros range, with which it is connected towards the north-west, while on every other side it stands isolated, sweeping boldly down upon the flat country at its base.
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This may be etymologically equivalent to the English word funny, a kind of small boat.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Joe Quick 2009
renumeratedfrog commented on the word etymologically
Adverb of the word etymology which is the study of language origins.
August 21, 2008