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Etytree: A Graphical and Interactive Etymology Dictionary based on Wiktionary
We present etytree (from etymology + family tree): a new on-line multilingual tool to extract and visualize etymological relationships between words from the English Wiktionary. A first version of etytree is available at http://tools.wmflabs.org/etytree/.
Ester Pantaleo+3 more
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Dalechampia microcalyx is described as new to science and Dalechampia viridissima is recorded for the first time for the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Both species occur in remnants of the Atlantic Forest in the state, found in the municipalities of Vicência and São Lourenço da Mata, respectively.
Jone Clebson Ribeiro Mendes+4 more
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‘(Ne) Khukhry-Mukhry’: One Russian Idiom of Mongolian Origin Revisited
The paper examines the etymology of the idiom ‘(ne) khukhry-mukhry’ which in its form fully corresponds to the so-called pair words widely used in Turkic, Mongolic and some Finno-Ugric languages.
Alexey A. Burykin
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Passiflora quimiana, a new species from the Cordillera del Cóndor: Ecuador's far‐flung frontier
A new species of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba, supersect. Decaloba, from the Cordillera del Cóndor in Ecuador, is described and illustrated, with its morphological similarities to other species being discussed in this paper. Passiflora quimiana exhibits the unique combination of narrow ovate to long‐oval leaves and small foliaceous bracts ...
J. R. Kuethe+4 more
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The etymological studies never were independent of the linguistic ones, although they have their own method, which will be shown in this paper in a historiographical way.
Mário Eduardo Viaro
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The etymology of “Islamic extremism”: A misunderstood term?
Dealing with Islamic extremism without considering the meaning and context of the term itself leads to a narrow understanding of the phenomenon and its implications.
Barend Prinsloo
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The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality
Many flowering plant genera are named for people, but there is a gender gap in this naming, with only 6% of eponyms honouring women. Here we explore this gap by examining in detail women for whom plant genera are named. Our open shared dataset serves to make women honoured in plant genera more discoverable, resulting in further impact by allowing ...
Sabine von Mering+6 more
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Abstract The genus Indigofera in the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) comprises a diverse assortment of species. Almost 90% of the region's Indigofera species belong to the Cape Clade, while the remaining species are scattered among the other three globally distributed Indigofera clades.
Brian du Preez+5 more
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O sposobach tworzenia nazw miejscowości w świetle etymologii ludowej
On creation of place names in the light of folk etymology The paper discusses the ways in which Polish place names were created, in the light of their folk etymologies.
Ewa Rogowska-Cybulska
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