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What are the historical origins of terms for north, south, east and west?

historical-linguistics cross-linguistic etymology latin greek

Jan 27 '19 at 7:41 dotancohen 1,159

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Examples of Borrowing Languages

list-of-languages borrowing evolution

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Why is “Aurora Borealis” from Greek, but “Aurora Australis” from Latin?

etymology english latin greek

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No etymology for “dad”?

etymology kinship-terms

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Is there a reason behind the phenomenon of English becoming more vulgar with time?

english language-change profanity

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Reverse-etymology resources

etymology reference-request latin greek

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English words which are both verbs and adjectives

english history verbs adjectives

Sep 6 '19 at 9:33 LISA 181

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List of English words that came from specific words in Latin [closed]

etymology

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Which languages are used for purposes other than facilitating communication?

sociolinguistics philosophy-of-language

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How are words with no other context used as greetings or partings?

interjections

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Does there exist a rating scale for the “conferability” of languages?

terminology

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Similar reuse of roots across languages and language families

etymology cognitive-linguistics

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