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• derive — 01. Many words in English are [derived] from French. 02. Many words used in formal written English are of French [derivation]. 03. Gandhi once said, As long as you [derive] inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. 04. Penicillin is… …   Grammatical examples in English

• word — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 unit of language ADJECTIVE ▪ two letter, three letter, etc. ▪ monosyllabic, polysyllabic ▪ two syllable, three syllable …   Collocations dictionary

• Greek language — Indo European language spoken mostly in Greece. Its history can be divided into four phases: Ancient Greek, Koine, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek. Ancient Greek is subdivided into Mycenaean Greek (14th–13th centuries BC) and Archaic and… …   Universalium

• derive — [[t]dɪra͟ɪv[/t]] derives, deriving, derived 1) VERB If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them. [FORMAL] [V n from n/ ing] Mr Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure… …   English dictionary

• derive from something — deˈrive from sth | be deˈrived from sth derived to come or develop from sth • The word ‘politics’ is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘city’. Main entry: ↑derivederived …   Useful english dictionary

• Boethius: from antiquity to the Middle Ages — John Marenbon Boethius is a difficult figure to place in the history of philosophy. Considered just in himself, he clearly belongs to the world of late antiquity. Born in 480, at a time when Italy was ruled by the Ostrogoths under their king,… …   History of philosophy

• Jew (word) — This article focuses on the etymology of the word Jew.Biblical and Middle Eastern origins: The Jews in their landThe Jewish ethnonym in Hebrew is he. יהודים Yehudim (plural of he. יהודי Yehudi ) which is the origin of the English word Jew . The… …   Wikipedia

• root word — noun a) A prefix in an English word derived from Greek or Latin. b) It is the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often …   Wiktionary

• Cypriot Greek — This article is about the modern Greek dialect of Cyprus. For the ancient Greek dialect, see Arcadocypriot. History of the Greek language (see also: Greek alphabet) Proto Greek (c. 3000–1600 BC) …   Wikipedia

• Varieties of Modern Greek — History of the Greek language (see also: Greek alphabet) Proto Greek (c. 3000–1600 BC) Mycenaean (c. 1600–1100 BC) Ancient G …   Wikipedia

• Distinguishing blue from green in language — Main article: Color term#Basic color terms The application of terms to ranges of the visible spectrum are essentially arbitrary, cultural conventions. The notion of green in modern European languages corresponds to about 520–570 nm, but many… …   Wikipedia