Tag: Etymology

Etymology From Proto-Finnic *kabeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skapiz (compare Proto-Germanic *skapą, Old English gesceap). Cognate with Estonian kabu, Karelian kaveh, Võro kabo and Proto-Samic *kuopës (“witch”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈkɑʋeˣ/, [ˈkɑʋe̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ɑʋe Syllabification: ka‧ve Noun kave (Finnish mythology) a creature related to the moon, sky or air Declension[edit] Inflection of kave (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation) nominative kave kapeet genitive kapeen kapeiden kapeitten partitive kavetta…

Etymology From Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō (“to hold, to have”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /teˈneɾ/, [t̪eˈneɾ] Verb tener (first-person singular present tengo, first-person singular preterite tuve, past participle tenido) (transitive, literally) to have, possess synonym ▲ Ella tiene seis hermanos. ― She has six brothers. Tengo una pluma. ― I have a…

Etymology From Latin importāre + -ować, present active infinitive of importō, from in- (“in, at, on; into”) +‎ portō (“carry, bear; convey”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /im.pɔrˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ Syllabification: im‧por‧to‧wać Verb importować impf (perfective zaimportować) (transitive, economics) to import (to bring in from a foreign…

Etymology Cognate with Mycenaean Greek a-ke-ro, but origin uncertain. Probably a loanword, and probably related to ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “Persian mounted courier”) (whence Latin angarius), which is probably from an Asian language. Klein suggests Semitic, cf. 𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓𐡕‬𐡀‎ (’engirtā, “missive, letter; contract”) and ܐܓܪܬܐ‎ (ˀeggarṯā, “letter, document”) (from Akkadian,…

Etymology From Vulgar Latin *affactare, from Latin affectāre, present active infinitive of affectō, from Proto-Italic *adfaktō, frequentative of *adfakiō (“affect”), from *ad + *fakiō (“do, make”).  Pronunciation (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.fəjˈta/ (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.fajˈtaɾ/ Verb afaitar (first-person singular present afaito, past participle afaitat) (transitive) to shave Synonyms: rapar, rasurar, barbejar (obsolete) to adorn Synonyms: abellir, adornar