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Words

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Words

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1. History

His story?

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WHAT ABOUT Her STORY?

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FROM the LATIN "HISTORIA" borrowed from the greek word

meaning narrative, recounting, or something learned by inquiring 
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however - historia is derived from histor

meaning knowledge, learning and ... wise man

So, in the end, the wise man told . . . his story.

sorry girls!!!
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2. Female

is related to male only ...
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only by marriage :)

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Now Seriously: Female is a diminutive (but not for male)

like novelette (a shorter novel)
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Female comes from the diminutive of femina

Femella (introduced in English through the French femelle)
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Instead of a conclusion - Femella

means little woman and masculus little man

3. Outrage

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There is no rage in out-rage

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actually: outre-Age

Outré (french) means beyond
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OUTRAGE

  • an act of violence or brutality
  • injury, insult
  • the anger and resentment aroused by injury or insult
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4. SAHARA

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Sahara means DESERT

So Sahara Desert ...
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5. island

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No man is an island, entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

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Origins: old English igland

IG meaning island and LAND meaning ...
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Yep! Island-land-land... And one of the first meanings was

a body of land bordered by water, but not necessarily completely
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As for island-land-land ...

this is what we programmers call
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recursion

but that's another story
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Thank you!