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- derma (n.)
- "skin beneath the epidermis," 1706, from Mod.L. derma, from Gk. derma (gen. dermatos) "skin," from PIE root *der- "to split, peel, flay" (see tear (v.)).
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
derma=ديرما
demonic=دمونيك
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- 1660s, from L. daemonicus, from daemon (see demon). Demonical is from late 15c.
- c.1200, from L. daemon "spirit,"
from Gk. daimon "deity, divine power; lesser god; guiding
spirit, tutelary deity" (sometimes including souls of the
dead); "one's genius, lot, or fortune;" from PIE
*dai-mon- "divider, provider" (of fortunes or destinies),
from root *da- "to divide" (see tide).
Used (with daimonion) in Christian Greek translations and Vulgate for "god of the heathen" and "unclean spirit." Jewish authors earlier had employed the Greek word in this sense, using it to render shedim "lords, idols" in the Septuagint, and Matt. viii:31 has daimones, translated as deofol in O.E., feend or deuil in Middle English. Another Old English word for this was hellcniht, lit. "hell-knight."
The original mythological sense is sometimes written daemon for purposes of distinction. The Demon of Socrates was a daimonion, a "divine principle or inward oracle." His accusers, and later the Church Fathers, however, represented this otherwise. The Demon Star (1895) is Algol.
demographic=ديموغرافي
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DICTIONARY
- 1891, from demography + -ic. As a noun, by 1998, short for demographic group or category. Related: Demographical; demographically.
- word-forming element meaning "process of writing or recording" or "a writing, recording, or description," from French or Ger. -graphie, from Gk. -graphia "description of," from graphein "write, express by written characters," earlier "to draw, represent by lines drawn," originally "to scrape, scratch" (on clay tablets with a stylus), from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch, carve" (see carve). In modern use, especially in forming names of descriptive sciences.
- adjective suffix, "having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of, caused by, similar to" (in chemistry, indicating a higher valence than names in -ous), from French -ique and directly from Latin -icus, which in many cases represents Greek -ikos "in the manner of; pertaining to." From PIE *-(i)ko, which also yielded Slavic -isku, adjectival suffix indicating origin, the source of the -sky (Russian -skii) in many surnames.
democrat/democratic=ديمقراطي
- democrat/democratic=ديمقراطي
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- c.1600, from Fr. démocratique, from M.L. democraticus, from Gk. demokratikos "of or for democracy; favoring democracy," from demokratia (see democracy). Earlier was democratian (1570s). As a political faction name, from 1790 in reference to France. U.S. political usage (with a capital D) attested from c.1800. The party originally was the Anti-Federal party, then the Democratic-Republican (Democratic for short). It formed among those opposed to extensive powers for the U.S. federal government. The name of the party was not formally shortened to Democratic until 1829. Democratic socialism is attested from 1849.
- 1790, "adherent of democracy," with reference to France, from Fr. démocrate (18c., opposed to aristocrate), back formation from démocratie (see democracy); revived in U.S. as a political party affiliation 1798, with a capital D. As a shortening of this, Demo (1793) is older than Dem (c.1840).
demiurge=الديميورغوس
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- demiurge (n.)
- 1670s, from Latinized form of Gk. demiourgos, lit. "public or skilled worker" (from demos "common people" + ergos "work"). The title of a magistrate in some Peloponnesian city-states and the Achæan League; taken in Platonic philosophy as a name for the maker of the world. In the Gnostic system, "conceived as a being subordinate to the Supreme Being, and sometimes as the author of evil" [OED].
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demagoguery=ديماغوجية
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- demagogue (n.)
- 1640s, from Gk. demagogos "popular leader," also "leader of the mob," from demos "people" (see demotic) + agogos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Often a term of disparagement since the time of its first use, in Athens, 5c. B.C.E. Form perhaps influenced by Fr. demagogue (mid-14c.).
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demagogic=الديماغوجي
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- demagogue (n.)
- 1640s, from Gk. demagogos "popular leader," also "leader of the mob," from demos "people" (see demotic) + agogos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Often a term of disparagement since the time of its first use, in Athens, 5c. B.C.E. Form perhaps influenced by Fr. demagogue (mid-14c.).
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- -ic
- adjective suffix, "having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of, caused by, similar to" (in chemistry, indicating a higher valence than names in -ous), from French -ique and directly from Latin -icus, which in many cases represents Greek -ikos "in the manner of; pertaining to." From PIE *-(i)ko, which also yielded Slavic -isku, adjectival suffix indicating origin, the source of the -sky (Russian -skii) in many surnames.
magnetize=مغنط
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- mid-15c. (earlier magnes, late 14c.), from O.Fr. magnete "magnetite, magnet, lodestone," and directly from L. magnetum (nom. magnes) "lodestone," from Gk. ho Magnes lithos "the Magnesian stone," from Magnesia, region in Thessaly where magnetized ore was obtained. Figurative use from 1650s. It has spread from Latin to most Western European languages (cf. German and Danish magnet, Dutch magneet, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese magnete), but it was superseded in French by aimant. Also cf. magnesia. Chick magnet attested from 1989.
- word-forming element used to make verbs, M.E. -isen, from O.Fr. -iser, from L.L. -izare, from Gk. -izein. English picked up the French form, but partially reverted to the correct Greek -z- spelling from late 16c. In Britain, despite the opposition (at least formerly) of OED, Encyclopaedia Britannica, the "Times of London," and Fowler, -ise remains dominant. Fowler thinks this is to avoid the difficulty of remembering the short list of common words not from Greek which must be spelled with an -s- (e.g. advertise, devise, surprise).
Decameron=ديكاميرون
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
WIKIPEDIA
The Decameròn,
with the subtitle of Prince Galehaut (Italian:
Il Decameron, cognominato Prencipe Galeotto),
is a 14th-century medieval
allegory by Giovanni
Boccaccio, told as a frame
story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people
lysozyme=الليزوزيم
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- word-forming element indicating "loosening, dissolving, freeing," before vowels lys-, from comb. form of Gk. lysis "a loosening" (see lyse).
- 1927, back formation from lysis.
- "dissolution of cells, bacteria, etc.," 1902, from L. lysis, from Gk. lysis "a loosening," from lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose).
lysergic=الليسرجيك
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- 1934, from -lys- in hydrolysis + first syllable of ergot + -ic.
- fungal disease of rye and other grasses, 1680s, from Fr. ergot, from O.Fr. argot "cock's spur" (12c.), of unknown origin. The blight so called from the shape the fungus forms on the diseased grain. Ergotism "disease caused by eating ergot-infected breadstuffs," first recorded 1853. An alkaloid from the fungus, ergotamine (1921) is used to treat migraines.
- adjective suffix, "having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of, caused by, similar to" (in chemistry, indicating a higher valence than names in -ous), from French -ique and directly from Latin -icus, which in many cases represents Greek -ikos "in the manner of; pertaining to." From PIE *-(i)ko, which also yielded Slavic -isku, adjectival suffix indicating origin, the source of the -sky (Russian -skii) in many surnames.
- lysis (n.)
- "dissolution of cells, bacteria, etc.," 1902, from L. lysis, from Gk. lysis "a loosening," from lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose).
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lymphoma=الليمفوما
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- 1725 in physiology sense, "colorless fluid found in the body," from Fr. lymphe, from L. lympha "water, clear water, a goddess of water," variant of lumpæ "waters," altered by influence of Gk. nymphe "goddess of a spring, nymph." The word was used earlier in English in the classical sense "pure water, water" (1620s), also (1670s) with reference to colorless fluids in plants. Also see lymphatic. Lymph node is attested from 1892.
lymph=اللمف
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- lymph (n.)
- 1725 in physiology sense, "colorless fluid found in the body," from Fr. lymphe, from L. lympha "water, clear water, a goddess of water," variant of lumpæ "waters," altered by influence of Gk. nymphe "goddess of a spring, nymph." The word was used earlier in English in the classical sense "pure water, water" (1620s), also (1670s) with reference to colorless fluids in plants. Also see lymphatic. Lymph node is attested from 1892.
Lucian=لوسيان
WIKIPEDIA
Lucian
of Samosata (Ancient
Greek: Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς,
Latin:
Lucianus Samosatensis; AD 125 –
after AD 180) was a rhetorician[1]
and satirist who
wrote in the Greek
language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. Although
he wrote solely in Attic
Greek, he was ethnically Assyrian.
Lucian was also one of the
earliest novelists in Western
civilization. In A
True Story, a fictional narrative work written in prose, he
parodied some fantastic tales told by Homer
in the Odyssey
and some feeble fantasies that were popular in his time. He
anticipated "modern" fictional themes like voyages to the
moon and Venus, extraterrestrial
life and wars between planets, nearly two millennia before Jules
Verne and H.
G. Wells. His novel is widely regarded as an early, if not the
earliest science
fiction work.
iconography=الايقونية
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- also ikon, 1570s, "image, figure, representation," from L.L. icon, from Gk. eikon "likeness, image, portrait," related to eikenai "be like, look like," of unknown origin. Eastern Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded 1982.
- word-forming element meaning "process of writing or recording" or "a writing, recording, or description," from French or Ger. -graphie, from Gk. -graphia "description of," from graphein "write, express by written characters," earlier "to draw, represent by lines drawn," originally "to scrape, scratch" (on clay tablets with a stylus), from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch, carve" (see carve). In modern use, especially in forming names of descriptive sciences.
logos=اللوغوس
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- 1580s, Logos, "the divine Word, second person of the Christian Trinity," from Gk. logos "word, speech, discourse," also "reason," from PIE root *leg- "to collect" (with derivatives meaning "to speak," on notion of "to pick out words;" see lecture (n.)); used by Neo-Platonists in various metaphysical and theological senses and picked up by New Testament writers. Other English formations from logos include logolatry "worship of words, unreasonable regard for words or verbal truth" (1810 in Coleridge); logomania (1870); logophobia (1923).
WIKIPEDIA
Logos ( /ˈloʊɡɒs/,
UK
/ˈlɒɡɒs/,
or US
/ˈloʊɡoʊs/;
Greek:
λόγος,
from λέγω lego "I say") is an important term in
philosophy,
psychology,
rhetoric, and
religion.
Originally a word meaning "a ground", "a plea",
"an opinion", "an expectation", "word,"
"speech," "account," "reason,"[1][2]
it became a technical term in philosophy, beginning with Heraclitus
(ca. 535–475 BC), who used the term for a principle of order and
knowledge.[3]
Ancient
philosophers used the term in different ways. The sophists
used the term to mean discourse,
and Aristotle
applied the term to refer to "reasoned discourse"[4]
or "the argument" in the field of rhetoric.[5]
The Stoic
philosophers identified the term with the divine
animating principle pervading the Universe.liturgy=الليتورجيا
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- liturgy (n.)
- 1550s, "the service of the Holy Eucharist," from M.Fr. liturgie or directly from L.L./M.L. liturgia "public service, public worship," from Gk. leitourgia "a liturgy; public duty, ministration, ministry," from leitourgos "one who performs a public ceremony or service, public servant," from leito- "public" (from laos "people;" cf. leiton "public hall," leite "priestess;" see lay (adj.)) + -ergos "that works," from ergon "work" (see urge (v.)). Meaning "collective formulas for the conduct of divine service in Christian churches" is from 1590s.
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
leper=الأبرص
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- "one afflicted with leprosy," late 14c., from L.L. lepra, from Gk. lepra "leprosy," from fem. of lepros (adj.) "scaly," from leops "a scale," related to lepein "to peel," from lopos "a peel," from PIE root *lep- "to peel, scale" (see leaf). Originally the word for the disease itself (mid-13c.); because of the -er ending it came to mean "person with leprosy," so leprosy was coined 16c. from adjective leprous.
latex=اللاتكس
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- latex (n.)
- 1660s, "body fluid," from Latin latex (genitive laticis) "liquid, fluid," probably from Greek latax "dregs," from PIE root *lat- "wet" (cf. Middle Irish laith "beer," Welsh llaid "mud, mire,"
- Lithuanian latakas "pool, puddle," Old Norse leþja "filth"). Used 1835 to mean "milky liquid from plants." Meaning "water-dispersed polymer particles" (used in rubber goods, paints, etc.) is from 1937. As an adjective by 1954, in place of clasically correct laticiferous.
Laocoon=لاوكون
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- Trojan priest of Apollo, from Latin Laocoon, from Greek Laukoun, from laos "people" (see lay (adj.)) + koeo "I mark, perceive."
Laocoön, n. A famous piece of antique sculpture representing a priest of that time and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up in their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]
- WIKIPEDIA
Laocoön ( /leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/;
Ancient Greek:
Λαοκόων, IPA: [laokóɔːn])
the son of Acoetes[1]
is a figure in Greek
and Roman
mythology.
Laocoön is a Trojan
priest of
Poseidon[2]
(or Neptune),
whose rules he had defied, either by marrying and having sons,[3]
or by having committed an impiety by making love with his wife in the
presence of a cult
image in a sanctuary.[4]
His minor role in the Epic
Cycle narrating the Trojan
War was of warning the Trojans in vain against accepting the
Trojan Horse
from the Greeks—"A
deadly fraud is this," he said, "devised by the Achaean
chiefs!"[5]—and
his subsequent divine execution by two serpents sent to Troy across
the sea from the island of Tenedos,
where the Greeks had temporarily camped.[6]
Laocoön warned his fellow Trojans against the wooden horse
presented to the city by the Greeks. In the Aeneid,
Virgil gives
Laocoön the famous line Equo
ne credite, Teucri / Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes,
or "Do not trust the Horse, Trojans / Whatever it is, I fear the
Greeks even bearing gifts." This line is the source of the
saying: "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."
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