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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 To the Editor: I read with great interest the article by Mannikko (1) on the etymology of cholera. However, discovering the origin of the word with certainty is an intricate matter. The word cholera is undoubtedly Greek because Hippocrates was the first to mention it in his writings, although the exact disease he was referring to is unknown (2,3 ...
Antonis A. Kousoulis
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The Etymology of “Chincough” [PDF]
Nature, 1915 I THINK your correspondent, “M. D.” (NATURE, October 28), is wrong when he says that the Dutch word kinken means to cough. There is a Dutch verb kinken, at least I find it in the list of Dutch words of de Vries and te Winkel, but I never heard it, nor do I know its meaning. Hoest is the Dutch for cough (German husten); the verb is hoesten. Kinkhoest is
Dawson Williams
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Филологический класс, 2018 The article deals with the problems of perception and presentation of the etymological heritage that has accumulated in the Russian historical studies of the Russian language since the introduction of the comparative historical method into the research ...
Рут, М. Э.
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Synonym Discovery with Etymology-based Word Embeddings [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 We propose a novel approach to learn word embeddings based on an extended version of the distributional hypothesis. Our model derives word embedding vectors using the etymological composition of words, rather than the context in which they appear. It has the strength of not requiring a large text corpus, but instead it requires reliable access to ...
Estrada, Pablo +2 more
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The Etymology of “Whin.” [PDF]
Nature, 1872 THE following is from Jamieson:—“Quhyn, Quhin-Stane, s.i. Green-stone; the name given to basalt, trap, &c.… Isl. hwijna, resonare, hwin, resonans, q. ‘the resounding stone.’” “Whin, whinstane, s. Ragstone or toadstone.”
Arthur Hall
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LEXICAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ENGLISH THROUGH THE LENS OF ETYMOLOGY
ELT Echo the Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2023 A substantial linguistic base requires a good command of grammar and vocabulary. As Nation (2001) narrates, the knowledge of vocabulary encompasses form, meaning, and use.
Ibrahim Halil Topal
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A study on the etymology of the scientific names given to planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) by Ernest Marcus’ school [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021 Leading zoologist and taxonomist Ernest Marcus (1893-1968) and his school described numerous new invertebrate taxa, including planarians, or triclads (Platyhelminthes). These authors rarely provided the etymology of names for the new taxa. In this paper,
Priscila Donegá Jasper +2 more
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