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What Do We Get From Latin?: Culinary

Definition:

Pertaining to cooking/the kitchen (Dictionary.com)

Origin: Latin, culina, culinae - kitchen

Related: Imbibe

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What Do We Get From Latin (WDWGFL) Throwback

Hey, if you haven't already checked out some of the older posts on this blog, you should totally do so. Increase your vocabulary while learning the awesome facts and stories behind these words!

Below are some follower favorites as well as my own:

Tumblr Favorites

Comedy

Custodian

Decimate

Equality

Fructose

Memento

Plumber

Rustic

Ululate

My Favorites

Addict

Census/Censor

Gubernatorial

Gymnasium

Jurisdiction

Loquacious

Misnomer

Negotiate

Obfuscate

Puerile

Querulous

Vociferous

*Also, you can now easily search for any of the words in this series by typing in the tag WDWGFL (it's just the acronym) on tumblr or by visiting the WDWGFL Page on my blog. 

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What Do We Get From Latin?: Urban

Definition:

Pertaining to the city (Dictionary.com) 

Origin: Latin, urbs, urbis - city

Related: Rural, Population

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What Do We Get From Latin?: Extinct

Definition:

No longer existing.

Obsolete.

Origin: Latin, extinguo, extinguere, extinxi, extinctus - to kill, destroy, extinguish

Related: Eulogy, Exist/Existence, Vitamin

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What Do We Get From Latin?: Addict

Definition:

A person who is dependent psychologically or physically on an activity, habit, or substance. (Dictionary.com)

Origin: Latin, addictus, a, um - devoted/surrendered/bound (to do something)

The word addictus had a lot of connotations in Latin. It comes from the verb addico, addicere which means to adjudge/sentence (as in a legal sentence) or enslave. In Rome, a citizen could enter into a debt bondage contract in order to secure a loan. In this practice, they used their freedom as collateral. A citizen who entered into this sort of contract could expect to face some humiliation or possibly even a loss of freedom (enslavement to their creditor) upon defaulting upon said loan. This practice was later abolished in the later empire.

Generally, the adjective could be used to indicate someone who is devoted or bound to a particular thing or action.

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What Do We Get From Latin?: Laud [lawd/loud]

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Pronunciation: [lawd / loud]

Definition:

Noun, praise or honor 

Noun, a song or hymn of praise

Verb, to praise

(Dictionary.com)

Origin: Latin, laudo, laudare - to praise

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What Do We Get From Latin?: Percussion

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Definition:

The striking, tapping, or impact upon something (e.g. the body, a musical instrument, a fuze, etc.) (Dictionary.com)

Origin: Latin, percutio, percutere, percussi - to beat, strike, or pierce

Related: Audio, Guitar, Video, Vociferous, Vox, Vocabulary

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What Do We Get From Latin?: Misnomer

Definition:

An inappropriate name/term for someone or something

In actuality, the name for this segment/series is actually a misnomer since quite a few of the words that I have published have their origins in Ancient Greek.