Musculoskeletal etymology: What's in a name?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2018.02.009
Abstract: Medical etymology refers to the origins and developments of medical terms, mostly derived from Greek and Latin languages. A study of etymology helps a physician develop useful insight into body parts and diseases, relating them… read more here.
Keywords: etymology name; etymology; musculoskeletal etymology;
The name ’ndrangheta: history versus etymology
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DOI: 10.1017/mit.2023.17
Abstract: The article uses archival sources to critique the currently dominant etymological approach to the history of the word ’ndrangheta as used to refer to the Calabrian mafia. Scholars such as Paolo Martino and John Trumper… read more here.
Keywords: history; etymology; word; name ndrangheta ... See more keywords
Early Mandarin loanwords in contemporary English
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DOI: 10.1017/s0266078419000208
Abstract: English vocabulary has expanded over centuries by ‘borrowing’ lexical items from other languages (Katamba, 2005; Durkin, 2014). Compared with European languages, non-European languages are never major sources of word borrowing in English, with Chinese staying… read more here.
Keywords: chinese loanwords; contemporary english; etymology; loanwords contemporary ... See more keywords
The Mongols of Central Asia and the Qara’unas
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DOI: 10.1080/05786967.2018.1426191
Abstract: ABSTRACT According to the mid-sixteenth-century historian Mirza Haydar Dughlat, the more westerly of the two khanates into which the Chaghadayid state in Central Asia had divided in the fourteenth century came to be called by… read more here.
Keywords: qara unas; asia qara; mongols central; etymology ... See more keywords
Arabizing the faux-Arab: Literary intension and artistic liberty in The Horse and His Boy
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DOI: 10.1080/07374836.2019.1632765
Abstract: The modern praxis of translation, which draws upon sub-disciplines from etymology to ethics, exists on a continuum between science and art. When it comes to literature, it is more art—and fraught with difficulties that, when… read more here.
Keywords: literature; position; artistic liberty; etymology ... See more keywords
Etymology and the neuron(e)
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DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz367
Abstract: ‘Neuron’ or ‘neurone’? While it is often assumed that these different spellings reflect usage of American versus British English, there are also inconsistencies within these cultural boundaries. Mehta et al. review historical, etymological and linguistic… read more here.
Keywords: etymology; neuron; etymology neuron;
Terminology and Etymology in Oculoplastic Surgery.
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DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000006346
Abstract: PURPOSE To provide a collection of important terms in oculoplastic surgery, their etymology, current usage, and clarification of terms with overlapping or often misconstrued definitions. METHODS Commonly employed terms in oculoplastic surgery were collected, and… read more here.
Keywords: terms oculoplastic; etymology; oculoplastic surgery; surgery ... See more keywords
Tattoo and body art: a cultural overview of scarification
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DOI: 10.1111/ijd.15131
Abstract: The chronicles behind our scars command crowds and yet they remain unnoticed, blanketed by clothing or masked by a layer of skin-colored makeup. The etymology of the word scar derives from Latin’s eschara, a scab… read more here.
Keywords: overview scarification; art cultural; etymology; cultural overview ... See more keywords
Indo-Iranian *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘Brain, Skull’ and its Etymology
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DOI: 10.1163/1573384x-20210107
Abstract: The purpose of this short note is to clarify the meaning, the original inflection and the etymology of the Indo-Iranian word *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘brain, skull’. read more here.
Keywords: indo iranian; mastr han; mastr; etymology ... See more keywords
The Myth of “Cry Wolof”: The Wolof Provenance of African American Language
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DOI: 10.1177/0021934717701418
Abstract: The term “Cry Wolof” is a disparaging catchphrase first introduced by U.S. linguist Laurence Horn as a dismissal of Wolof etymologies in African American language. The cogency of this catchphrase is largely dependent on the… read more here.
Keywords: wolof; american language; etymology; cry wolof ... See more keywords
Germanic *ƀra (PIE *pro) as ditropic clitic and the etymology of *ƀrenga-, *ƀrūka- and *ƀraiđ̯a-
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DOI: 10.1515/if-2019-0004
Abstract: Abstract It is argued that the Germanic forms *ƀrenga- ‘bring’, *ƀrūka- ‘use, enjoy’ and *ƀrai̯đa- ‘broad’ contain an element *ƀra which is the “ditropic” variant of Gmc. *fra < PIE *pro. It arose by Verner’s… read more here.
Keywords: germanic pie; rai; etymology; pro ditropic ... See more keywords