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12 kwi 2008 · Hola!! ¿Alguien conoce alguna palabra sobre la que haya actuado un proceso de prefijación en los adjetivos 'green' y 'good'? (Como por ejemplo en 'happy'/'unhappy') ¿Y una palabra compuesta con el adjetivo 'happy'?
8 lut 2017 · Feb 8, 2017. #2. If B is a derivative of A, then A came first and B arose out of it. If B is a variant of A, they may both have arisen from some third, earlier, version. Put crudely, twins are derivatives of their parents, and variants of each other (and also of their parents). R.
6 maj 2008 · Derivation Clause The Vessel has liberty to call at any port [...] Dani California Senior Member.
10 sty 2007 · Jan 10, 2007. #1. Hello, Spanish-English forum! I recently learned that what we call "ninjas" over here are called "Miguelitos" in Spanish. These are very sharp, pointed devices, like four or six nails welded together with the business end pointing out, such that if thrown onto a road, they will puncture the tires of a car driving over them, no ...
13 sty 2019 · Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English hoolan, -y suffix6; hooley n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < Orkney Scots hoolan strong gale (see below), with alteration of the ending (see -y suffix6); or perhaps the same word as hooley n.
1 lip 2021 · Jul 1, 2021. #2. This is a very common type of construction. It means "To make one's way by stumbling." Compare, for example: The fog was so thick that he couldn't see his way across the road, so he had to feel his way home. We had no money so we decided to hitch-hike.
8 paź 2009 · Such derivation seems to have been productive until the late middle ages at least. Not sure family names existing today are old enough for that though. As a first element, like in the discussed name, I also think a north German origin from "beech" or the like is most probable.
27 lip 2017 · Though admittedly an exurban dictionary might be more handy in the matter, the Urban Dictionary defined the phrase “snatch a knot” thusly: ‘Snatch a knot: To hit someone, usually used in a threat of punishment or retribution. A knot is generally snatched in one’s ass, though variants include the neck and the head.’.
19 kwi 2009 · Apr 20, 2009. #4. Ment endings in English come from Latin words,being mentum a sufix to form nouns from verbal roots.In Latin were neuter nouns and in romance languages like French are masculine nouns. I do not know the origin of this noun derivation in Latin but I suppose that must be very ancient.Examples from docere documentum document, from ...
23 maj 2007 · English. Another possible origin of the word "copper". Copper as slang for policeman is first found in print in 1846, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The most likely explanation is that it comes from the verb "to cop" meaning to seize, capture, or snatch, dating from just over a century earlier (1704).
