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Why is ‘Caucasian’ derived from the Caucasus?

Why are "theism" and "deism" different?

etymology nouns

What does water in watermark refer to?

word-usage etymology

Is the '- etum' suffix exclusive to tree plantations?

etymology latin

When was the term “reality” first used referring to a TV show?

etymology american-english british-english phrase-origin

What semantic notions underlie 'joining together' and 'impose, enjoin'?

Where did the phrase "you're it" come from in tag?

etymology history

Why does "jack" occur in so many different contexts?

meaning etymology phrase-meaning

Why is Odyssey "odyssey" but Iliad isn't "iliad"?

What does 'a couple of' mean?

grammar etymology phrase-usage

Where does the term "to sock away s.t" originate?

etymology phrase-origin

Origin of 'tump' (verb) and 'tumpline' (noun)

etymology obscure-terms

How did 'receiver' semantically shift to mean an appointee to manage a company's assets?

etymology legalese

What is the use of the double L in Llama and double A in Aardvark? [duplicate]

etymology orthography history

Meaning of the word ' itular' [closed]

meaning etymology

How did 'security' semantically shift to mean 'tradable financial asset'?

etymology finance

Origin of 'jive', 'jive turkey'

Were contractions used in 1800

word-usage etymology

Where is the root morpheme in the Modern English word "absent"?

etymology morphology

Relations between 'rod' and 'reed' [closed]