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- ...English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''sculptura'', from ''sculptus'', past participle of ''sculpere'' to carv ...es of the Ancient Mediterranean, India and China, as well as many in South America and Africa.3 KB (440 words) - 02:33, 13 December 2020
- ...MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''changer'', from Latin ''cambiare'' to exchange, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish ''ca ...pressures]] often forced change by [[violent]] [[revolution]] (as in North America in the late 18th century and in later imitators). By the late 20th century3 KB (481 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
- ...rkle of the eyes (1573), lustre of a pearl (1742) and its etymon classical Latin orient-, the eastern part of the world, the part of the sky in which the su ...East Asia, or occas. Europe or the Eastern hemisphere, as opposed to North America.2 KB (411 words) - 22:14, 26 September 2012
- ...sh] leiser, from Anglo-French leisir, from leisir to be permitted, from [[Latin]] licēre. ...wiki/Europe Europe] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America]. As workers [[channeled]] their wages into leisure [[activities]], the mod3 KB (492 words) - 01:28, 13 December 2020
- ..._ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Medieval Latin ''duellum'', from Old Latin, [[war]] ...nited_States Colonial United States] until it fell out of favor in Eastern America in the 18th century. It was retained however in the [https://en.wikipedia.o5 KB (777 words) - 00:16, 13 December 2020
- ...modern French), and was later [[Normal|normalised]] to the [[original]] [[Latin]] word autumnus. There are rare examples of its use as early as the [https: ...ally]] became obsolete in Britain, it became the more common term in North America, where autumn is nonetheless preferred in [[scientific]] and often in [[lit6 KB (924 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
- The word "tangent" comes from the Latin tangere, meaning "to [[touch]]". ...Descartes". The American Mathematical Monthly (Mathematical Association of America) 44 (8): 495–512. doi:10.2307/2301226.4 KB (567 words) - 02:02, 13 December 2020
- The [[word]] "corporation" derives from corpus, the [[Latin]] word for body, or a "body of people." ...t [[events]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_America corporate America] may serve to reinforce Smith's [[warnings]] about the dangers of legally p4 KB (515 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
- ...a._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] custodie, from [[Latin]] custodia guarding, from custod-, custos guardian ...on The Hague Convention] seeks to avoid this, also in the United States of America, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Child_Custody_Jurisdiction_and_4 KB (569 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
- ...ebrate New Year at the times determined by these other calendars. In Latin America the [[observation]] of [[traditions]] belonging to various [[native]] cultu4 KB (589 words) - 01:27, 13 December 2020
- ...English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] tribus, a division of the [[Roman]] people, tribe ...Twelve Tribes of Israel]. The word is from Old French tribu, in turn from Latin tribus, referring to the original tripartite [[ethnic]] division of the Rom8 KB (1,117 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
- ...ty]] similar to that in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin America].4 KB (620 words) - 01:21, 13 December 2020
- 1798, "common [[hemp]]," from ''Cannabis'', Modern Latin plant genus named (1728), from [[Greek]] ''kannabis'' "hemp," a [https://en ...sphere where Spaniards imported it to Chile for its use as fiber. In North America cannabis, in the form of hemp, was grown for use in rope, clothing and pape4 KB (532 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
- ...0-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] topographie, from Late Latin topographia, from [[Greek]], from topographein to describe a place, from t ...even local [[history]] and [[culture]]. This [[meaning]] is less common in America, where topographic maps with elevation contours have made "topography" syno4 KB (637 words) - 02:42, 13 December 2020
- <blockquote>In the West Indies in particular, but also in North and South America, slavery was the engine that drove the mercantile empires of Europe. The in The [[English]] [[word]] slave derives - through Old French and Medieval [[Latin]] - from the medieval word for Slavic people of Central and Eastern Europe,3 KB (554 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
- ...My regular continent is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America South America], and parts of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], too, are incl3 KB (565 words) - 23:32, 12 December 2020
- The [[Latin]]-derived word for pedagogy, means good learning styles. Education,[4] is n #Greenberg, D. (1992), Education in America, A View from Sudbury Valley, "Special Education" -- A noble Cause Sacrifice6 KB (943 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
- '''Honor''' (from the [[Latin]] [[word]] honos, honoris) is the evaluation of a [[person]]'s [[trust|trus * [https://www.jottings.ca/john/ATH.html America, Truth, and Honor][4 KB (552 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
- The term '''empire''' derives from the [[Latin]] imperium. [[Politically]], an empire is a geographically extensive [[grou ...ines; the British Empire established itself with English in northern North America; elsewhere, despite Russian not supplanting the indigenous tongues of the C6 KB (816 words) - 01:03, 13 December 2020
- "To prostitute" is derived from a composition of two [[Latin]] words: (preposition) pro and (verb) statuere. A [[literal]] [[translation The customers of prostitutes are known as ''johns'' or ''tricks'' in North America and ''punters'' in the British Isles. These slang terms are used among both5 KB (715 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020