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Guru ( / ˈɡuːruː / Sanskrit: गुरु; IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a " mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. [1] In pan- Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential figure to the disciple (or shisya in Sanskrit, literally seeker [of knowledge or ...
Online Etymology Dictionary says: ta: 1772, "natural infantile sound of gratitude" [Weekley]. Although possibly originating from the imitative of baby talk, this is in widespread use in the North of England and Wales as an informal "thanks" amongst adults. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language says: ta: Chiefly British.
Sep 26, 2018 · The F-word was recorded in a dictionary in 1598 (John Florio’s A Worlde of Wordes, London: Arnold Hatfield for Edw. Blount). It is remotely derived from the Latin futuere and Old German ficken/fucken meaning ‘to strike or penetrate’, which had the slang meaning to copulate. Eric Partridge, a famous etymologist, said that the German word ...
Saxons. The Saxons [1] were a group of Germanic [2] peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country ( Old Saxony, Latin: Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of northern Germania, in what is now Germany. [3] Earlier, in the late Roman Empire, the name was first used to refer to Germanic coastal raiders, and in a similar ...
Satanism. The inverted pentagram circumscribed by a circle (also known as a pentacle) is often used to represent Satanism. Satanism refers to a group of religious, ideological, and/or philosophical beliefs based on Satan – particularly his worship or veneration. [1] Satan is commonly associated with the Devil in Christianity, a fallen angel ...
Jan 16, 2017 · There are many etymology theories about where the word witch comes from but we are going to start with the three most widely used Proto-Indo-European (4500-2500BC) root words. These three words are the words often found in dictionaries to describe the origins of witch. Weik1 : relates to sorcery and religious matters. Weik2 : to bend, wind.
Mar 28, 2015 · Cyberspace. Even though cyber- had been attaching itself to other words for more than two decades already, the term cyberspace only appeared in 1982, apparently coined by William Gibson in his science fiction novella ‘Burning Chrome’. According to its Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) entry, cyberspace is ‘the space of virtual reality; the ...
