Saturday 15 December 2012

barbarity/barbarism=بربرية (??)

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barbarity/barbarism=بربرية (??)
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
barbarism (n.)
mid-15c., "uncivilized or rude nature," from French barbarisme (13c.), from Latin barbarismus, from Greek barbarismos "foreign speech," from barbarizein "to do as a foreigner does" (see barbarian). Only of speech in Greek, Latin, and French; sense extended in English to "uncivilized condition."






Bacchus=باخوس

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Bacchus=باخوس
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
Bacchus
Greek god of wine and revelry, late 15c., from Latin Bacchus, from Greek Bakkhos, perhaps related to Latin bacca "berry, olive-berry, bead, pearl." Perhaps originally a Thracian fertility god.









Babylon=بابليون

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Babylon=بابليون
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
Babylon
mid-14c., from Greek version of Akkadian Bab-ilani "the gate of the gods," from bab "gate" + ilani, plural of ilu "god" (cf. Babel). The Old Persian form, Babiru-, shows characteristic transformation of -l- to -r- in words assimilated from Semitic.





hysterical=هستيري


hysterical=هستيري
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
hysterical (adj.)
1610s, from L. hystericus "of the womb," from Gk. hysterikos "of the womb, suffering in the womb," from hystera "womb" (see uterus). Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. Meaning "very funny" (by 1939) is from the notion of uncontrollable fits of laughter. Related: Hysterically.


hypoxia=نقص الأكسجة


hypoxia=نقص الأكسجة
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
hypoxia (n.)
1941, from hypo- + oxygen. Related: Hypoxic.
hypo-
word-forming element meaning "under, beneath" (in chemistry, indicating a lesser oxidation), from hypo-, comb. form of Gk. hypo (prep. and adverb) "under," from PIE *upo- "under, up from under, over" (see sub-).
oxygen (n.)
gaseous chemical element, 1790, from Fr. oxygène, coined in 1777 by French chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794), from Gk. oxys "sharp, acid" (see acrid) + Fr. -gène "something that produces" (from Gk. -genes "formation, creation;" see -gen).

Intended to mean "acidifying (principle)," it was a Greeking of Fr. principe acidifiant. So called because oxygen was then considered essential in the formation of acids (it is now known not to be). The element was isolated by Priestley (1774), who, using the old model of chemistry, called it dephlogisticated air. The downfall of the phlogiston theory required a new name, which Lavoisier provided.


hydroxide=الهيدروكسيد

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hydroxide=الهيدروكسيد
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
hydroxide (n.)
1851, from hydro- + oxide.
hydro-
before vowels hydr-, word-forming element meaning "water," from Gk. hydro-, comb. form of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)). Also sometimes a comb. form of hydrogen.
oxide (n.)
oxygen (n.)
gaseous chemical element, 1790, from Fr. oxygène, coined in 1777 by French chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794), from Gk. oxys "sharp, acid" (see acrid) + Fr. -gène "something that produces" (from Gk. -genes "formation, creation;" see -gen).

Intended to mean "acidifying (principle)," it was a Greeking of Fr. principe acidifiant. So called because oxygen was then considered essential in the formation of acids (it is now known not to be). The element was isolated by Priestley (1774), who, using the old model of chemistry, called it dephlogisticated air. The downfall of the phlogiston theory required a new name, which Lavoisier provided.


hydra=هيدرا

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hydra=هيدرا
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
hydra (n.)
1835, genus name of a freshwater polyp, from Gk. Hydra, many-headed Lernaean water serpent slain by Hercules (this sense is attested in English from late 14c.), from hydor (gen. hydatos) "water" (see water (n.1)); related to Skt. udrah "aquatic animal" and O.E. ottur "otter." Used figuratively for "any multiplicity of evils" [Johnson]. The fabulous beast's heads were said to grown back double when cut off, and the sea creature is said to be so called for its regenerative capabilities.







keratin=الكيراتين

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keratin=الكيراتين
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
keratin (n.)
basic substance of horns, nails, feathers, etc., 1847, from Gk. keras (gen. keratos) "horn" (see kerato-) + chemical suffix -in (2).
kerato-
before vowels, kerat-, word-forming element meaning "horn, horny," from Gk. keras (gen. keratos) "horn," from PIE *ker- "horn, head.