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Did "et cetera" gain its popularity from "The King and I"?

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Why is a calzone called calzone?

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Etymology of "duck"

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Latin (or Greek) -x becomes -ght?

etymology loanwords latin

A diptych is a pair of paintings. What is a single painting called?

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Phant Latin root and similar words

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Is there a well-known secular sentence that uses all three of the imperative, indicative, and subjunctive moods?

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Why is "irreparable" spelled without an "i"?

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Why isn’t “disharmony” spelled “*dysharmony”?

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“Curriculum Vitae” vs “Curriculum Vitæ”

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When and why did “mess” come to mean an untidy condition?

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"omni"-prefixed word for "all-hearing"

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Using "e.g." instead of "for example"

grammar formality abbreviations latin

Anglicized plural and zero plural

grammatical-number latin

Is there a Latin term for the concept of "ad infinitum", but in reverse?

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Etymology of "German" versus etymology of "germane"?

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What does "imperio in imperium" mean?

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Long vs. short vowels in English words of Latin origin

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What is the origin of the different pronunciations of C and G before different vowels?

pronunciation orthography latin pronunciation-vs-spelling alphabet

Why is there an "h" in "pulchritude"?

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