Word Origins
squeakybiscuit
My 8 year old always wants to know why things are called what they are
called. Right now it's the word "cannibal" . Does anyone know where
this word comes from? Is there an online database somewhere with word
origins? I found one (http://www.wordorigins.org/) , but cannibal is
not on the list.
Erin
called. Right now it's the word "cannibal" . Does anyone know where
this word comes from? Is there an online database somewhere with word
origins? I found one (http://www.wordorigins.org/) , but cannibal is
not on the list.
Erin
marji
At 14:07 2/25/2006, you wrote:
Hi, Folks!! :-)
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>My 8 year old always wants to know why things are called what they arehttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cannibal
>called. Right now it's the word "cannibal" . Does anyone know where
>this word comes from? Is there an online database somewhere with word
>origins? I found one (http://www.wordorigins.org/) , but cannibal is
>not on the list.
>
>
>Erin
Hi, Folks!! :-)
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Sandra Dodd
squeakybiscuit wrote, of "cannibal":
The way I find word origins is to go to google and put in the word,
and then the word etymology
so
cannibal etymology
Found some:
From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus)
of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier
Carib karibna, person, Carib.
cannibal 
1553, from Sp. canibal "a savage, cannibal," from Caniba, Christopher
Columbus' rendition of the Caribs' name for themselves, Galibi "brave
men." The natives were believed to be anthropophagites. Columbus,
seeking evidence that he was in Asia, thought the name meant the
natives were subjects of the Great Khan. Shakespeare's Caliban (in
"The Tempest") is a version of this word, with -n- and -l-
interchanged, found in Hakluyt's "Voyages" (1599). Cannibalize of
machinery, etc., first recorded 1943, reflecting war-time shortages.
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> Does anyone know whereI don't guess the root word is "nibble". <g>
> this word comes from? Is there an online database somewhere with word
> origins?
The way I find word origins is to go to google and put in the word,
and then the word etymology
so
cannibal etymology
Found some:
From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus)
of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier
Carib karibna, person, Carib.
cannibal 
1553, from Sp. canibal "a savage, cannibal," from Caniba, Christopher
Columbus' rendition of the Caribs' name for themselves, Galibi "brave
men." The natives were believed to be anthropophagites. Columbus,
seeking evidence that he was in Asia, thought the name meant the
natives were subjects of the Great Khan. Shakespeare's Caliban (in
"The Tempest") is a version of this word, with -n- and -l-
interchanged, found in Hakluyt's "Voyages" (1599). Cannibalize of
machinery, etc., first recorded 1943, reflecting war-time shortages.
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Sandra Dodd
Hey, Marji! Glad to see your smiling.... sigline. Yeah.
The site Marji linked, etymonline.com, was the second one I quoted.
It's a good one, and usually comes up first, but I still go through
google because it's easier to type google.com than
etymonlineANYthing. <g>
Sandra
The site Marji linked, etymonline.com, was the second one I quoted.
It's a good one, and usually comes up first, but I still go through
google because it's easier to type google.com than
etymonlineANYthing. <g>
Sandra
On Feb 25, 2006, at 12:37 PM, marji wrote:
>
> Hi, Folks!! :-)
marji
At 14:41 2/25/2006, Sandra wrote:
to type: www.onelook.com (truth be told, I bookmark it so that all I
have to do is open my bookmarks list and type the letter "O").
I use that site frequently for word research as a medical
transcriptionist 'cause it searches a lot of dictionaries (including
technical and medical dictionaries). Most of the time I find the
results to be extremely reliable, and you can find word origin info
there, too, on a lot of words.
Sending love,
Marji, vigorously waving to and missing everyone!
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>The site Marji linked, etymonline.com, was the second one I quoted.Actually, I got there by using a really cool site, which is also easy
>It's a good one, and usually comes up first, but I still go through
>google because it's easier to type google.com than
>etymonlineANYthing. <g>
to type: www.onelook.com (truth be told, I bookmark it so that all I
have to do is open my bookmarks list and type the letter "O").
I use that site frequently for word research as a medical
transcriptionist 'cause it searches a lot of dictionaries (including
technical and medical dictionaries). Most of the time I find the
results to be extremely reliable, and you can find word origin info
there, too, on a lot of words.
Sending love,
Marji, vigorously waving to and missing everyone!
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squeakybiscuit
Marji, Sandra,
Thanks. I've bookmarked both the onelook and etymonline.com .
She asks me why things are called what they are all the time, and I
never know the answer.
Erin
--- In [email protected], marji <marji@...>
wrote:
Thanks. I've bookmarked both the onelook and etymonline.com .
She asks me why things are called what they are all the time, and I
never know the answer.
Erin
--- In [email protected], marji <marji@...>
wrote:
>quoted.
>
>
> At 14:41 2/25/2006, Sandra wrote:
>
>
> >The site Marji linked, etymonline.com, was the second one I
> >It's a good one, and usually comes up first, but I still gothrough
> >google because it's easier to type google.com thaneasy
> >etymonlineANYthing. <g>
>
> Actually, I got there by using a really cool site, which is also
> to type: www.onelook.com (truth be told, I bookmark it so thatall I
> have to do is open my bookmarks list and type the letter "O").(including
>
> I use that site frequently for word research as a medical
> transcriptionist 'cause it searches a lot of dictionaries
> technical and medical dictionaries). Most of the time I find theinfo
> results to be extremely reliable, and you can find word origin
> there, too, on a lot of words.
>
> Sending love,
> Marji, vigorously waving to and missing everyone!
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Sandra Dodd
On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:18 PM, squeakybiscuit wrote:
how to figure out some of them, and then you just have to look them
up for confirmation!
Some people hear a word as a whole word, and some are more likely to
see it as its literal parts. Sometimes a word will come across as
just a sound for a thing for YEARS and then one day you see it fresh,
as I did with this word:
trailer
I never thought about what it was. I KNEW what trailers were, but I
had never heard the word "trail" in there, to follow.
http://sandradodd.com/etymology
There's some stuff there, but before you go and look, maybe see what
you and your daughter can cipher out of the names of the weeks and
the month. <g>
Sandra
> She asks me why things are called what they are all the time, and II think after you've looked up a few dozen though, you'll figure out
> never know the answer.
how to figure out some of them, and then you just have to look them
up for confirmation!
Some people hear a word as a whole word, and some are more likely to
see it as its literal parts. Sometimes a word will come across as
just a sound for a thing for YEARS and then one day you see it fresh,
as I did with this word:
trailer
I never thought about what it was. I KNEW what trailers were, but I
had never heard the word "trail" in there, to follow.
http://sandradodd.com/etymology
There's some stuff there, but before you go and look, maybe see what
you and your daughter can cipher out of the names of the weeks and
the month. <g>
Sandra
Pamela Sorooshian
>> She asks me why things are called what they are all the time, and I"English from the Roots Up" is really cool. We played with it for a
>> never know the answer.
long time - I kept the book on top of the refrigerator. We have a
white board on the front of the fridge. I'd write a root word on the
white board - like "Photos," for example. Over the next few days -
anybody who thinks of a word, containing that root or a variation of
it, writes it on the white board. "Photographs," "Telephoto,"
"Photosynthesis," and so on. After people had a chance to write stuff
- I'd add others (from the book) that nobody thought of. Then we'd
guess the meaning of the root word - somebody would write something,
others would add their thoughts, or, if we just happened to be
hanging around in the kitchen, we might talk about it. People could
guess as long as they wanted, or just ask, or look in the book. All
very casual - different for different words, kids, and times. But
always fun.
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0964321033/ref=sib_dp_pt/
103-6913684-2550246#reader-page>
-pam
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wifetovegman2002
--- In [email protected], Pamela Sorooshian
<pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
Pam!
My daughter loved that book when she was about 12 and 13, and would
carry around and write out index cards like they showed in the book.
We were always finding those cards everywhere in the house, used them
as bookmarks and as scraps of paper for notes and such for years. I
found one just the other day. It was fun, like finding a page from a
word-a-day calendar that had been forgotten.
Susan M (VA)
http://radicalchristianunschool.homestead.com/index.html
"Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the
questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the
watching, the reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the
loving, the Joy. It's in the Joy." ~Anne Ohman
<pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
>THAT is the coolest way of using that book that I have ever heard of,
> "English from the Roots Up" is really cool. We played with it for a
> long time - I kept the book on top of the refrigerator. We have a
> white board on the front of the fridge. I'd write a root word on the
> white board - like "Photos," for example. Over the next few days -
> anybody who thinks of a word, containing that root or a variation of
> it, writes it on the white board.
Pam!
My daughter loved that book when she was about 12 and 13, and would
carry around and write out index cards like they showed in the book.
We were always finding those cards everywhere in the house, used them
as bookmarks and as scraps of paper for notes and such for years. I
found one just the other day. It was fun, like finding a page from a
word-a-day calendar that had been forgotten.
Susan M (VA)
http://radicalchristianunschool.homestead.com/index.html
"Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the
questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the
watching, the reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the
loving, the Joy. It's in the Joy." ~Anne Ohman
April Morris
Could I have the author's name? Or does the book go by a different name. I
tried to find it on our library system and not a single library in Metro
Detroit has this book. I can't believe that's true! I must not be putting in
the correct search parameters.
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
tried to find it on our library system and not a single library in Metro
Detroit has this book. I can't believe that's true! I must not be putting in
the correct search parameters.
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
On 2/27/06, Danielle Conger <danielle.conger@...> wrote:
>
> wifetovegman2002 wrote:
>
> > --- In [email protected], Pamela Sorooshian
> > <pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > "English from the Roots Up" is really cool. We played with it for a
> > > long time - I kept the book on top of the refrigerator. We have a
> > > white board on the front of the fridge. I'd write a root word on the
> > > white board - like "Photos," for example. Over the next few days -
> > > anybody who thinks of a word, containing that root or a variation of
> > > it, writes it on the white board.
> >
> >
> > THAT is the coolest way of using that book that I have ever heard of,
> > Pam!
>
>
> Oooh, COOL book! I need to get it for me! Dh and I are always having
> root and etymology tangents in the middle of conversations--what fun!
>
> Thanks Pam! And Susan for making me take notice of the post!
>
>
> --
> ~~Danielle
> Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
> http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
>
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>
> "With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
>
>
>
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Danielle Conger
wifetovegman2002 wrote:
root and etymology tangents in the middle of conversations--what fun!
Thanks Pam! And Susan for making me take notice of the post!
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
> --- In [email protected], Pamela SorooshianOooh, COOL book! I need to get it for me! Dh and I are always having
> <pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
> >
> > "English from the Roots Up" is really cool. We played with it for a
> > long time - I kept the book on top of the refrigerator. We have a
> > white board on the front of the fridge. I'd write a root word on the
> > white board - like "Photos," for example. Over the next few days -
> > anybody who thinks of a word, containing that root or a variation of
> > it, writes it on the white board.
>
>
> THAT is the coolest way of using that book that I have ever heard of,
> Pam!
root and etymology tangents in the middle of conversations--what fun!
Thanks Pam! And Susan for making me take notice of the post!
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
Pamela Sorooshian
English from the Roots Up
by Joegil K. Lundquist
by Joegil K. Lundquist
On Feb 27, 2006, at 6:39 AM, April Morris wrote:
> Could I have the author's name?
Unschooling shirts, cups, bumper stickers, bags...
Live Love Learn
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April Morris
It is totally not in our library system. Grrr. Guess I'll have to check out
Amazon.
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
Amazon.
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
On 2/27/06, Pamela Sorooshian <pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
>
> English from the Roots Up
> by Joegil K. Lundquist
>
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2006, at 6:39 AM, April Morris wrote:
>
> > Could I have the author's name?
>
> Unschooling shirts, cups, bumper stickers, bags...
> Live Love Learn
> UNSCHOOL!
> <http://www.cafepress.com/livelovelearn>
>
>
>
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wifetovegman2002
--- In [email protected], "April Morris"
<klkb624@...> wrote:
Fun Books carries it, about $3 cheaper than amazon. Half.com had it,
but it was more expensive there too. I'd rather support Fun Books
anyway, personally.
Susan M (VA)
http://radicalchristianunschool.homestead.com/index.html
"Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the
questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the
watching, the reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the
loving, the Joy. It's in the Joy." ~Anne Ohman
<klkb624@...> wrote:
>check out
> It is totally not in our library system. Grrr. Guess I'll have to
> Amazon.http://www.fun-books.com/reading.htm
>
> ~April
Fun Books carries it, about $3 cheaper than amazon. Half.com had it,
but it was more expensive there too. I'd rather support Fun Books
anyway, personally.
Susan M (VA)
http://radicalchristianunschool.homestead.com/index.html
"Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the
questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the
watching, the reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the
loving, the Joy. It's in the Joy." ~Anne Ohman
Sandra Dodd
What about Interlibrary Loan?
On Feb 27, 2006, at 8:47 AM, wifetovegman2002 wrote:
> > It is totally not in our library system. Grrr. Guess I'll have to
> check out
> > Amazon.
April Morris
I tried that, no library in the Metro-Detroit area has the book. That's a
very large 3-county area. That rarely happens to me, usually somebody has
whatever I'm looking for. Very strange actually.
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
very large 3-county area. That rarely happens to me, usually somebody has
whatever I'm looking for. Very strange actually.
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
On 2/27/06, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> What about Interlibrary Loan?
>
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2006, at 8:47 AM, wifetovegman2002 wrote:
>
> > > It is totally not in our library system. Grrr. Guess I'll have to
> > check out
> > > Amazon.
>
>
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Joyce Fetteroll
On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:35 PM, April Morris wrote:
only one copy in our (pretty large) library consortium.
Joyce
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> I tried that, no library in the Metro-Detroit area has the book.No, I think it's just a book mainly used by homeschoolers. There's
> That's a
> very large 3-county area. That rarely happens to me, usually
> somebody has
> whatever I'm looking for. Very strange actually.
only one copy in our (pretty large) library consortium.
Joyce
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Su Penn
Since this discussion has gone on so long already, I don't feel like
I'm getting to off-topic and local to mention to the OP that there is
one copy of this book in the Michigan Electronic Library system.
Su
I'm getting to off-topic and local to mention to the OP that there is
one copy of this book in the Michigan Electronic Library system.
Su
On Feb 28, 2006, at 5:49 AM, Joyce Fetteroll wrote:
>
> On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:35 PM, April Morris wrote:
>
>> I tried that, no library in the Metro-Detroit area has the book.
>> That's a
>> very large 3-county area. That rarely happens to me, usually
>> somebody has
>> whatever I'm looking for. Very strange actually.
Krisula Moyer
Some library systems will order a book if a patron requests it. Makes sense
to use patron requests to help inform their buy list. It couldn't hurt to
ask your local librarian. You will need the title, author and publisher and
of course it needs to be in print.
Krisula
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to use patron requests to help inform their buy list. It couldn't hurt to
ask your local librarian. You will need the title, author and publisher and
of course it needs to be in print.
Krisula
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katherand2003
Here's an online word game I came across through a mailing list I
belong to. I haven't tried it out yet but it looks interesting.
http://entspire.com/
Kathe
--- In [email protected], "squeakybiscuit"
<squeakybiscuit@...> wrote:
belong to. I haven't tried it out yet but it looks interesting.
http://entspire.com/
Kathe
--- In [email protected], "squeakybiscuit"
<squeakybiscuit@...> wrote:
>
> My 8 year old always wants to know why things are called what they are
> called. Right now it's the word "cannibal" . Does anyone know where
> this word comes from? Is there an online database somewhere with word
> origins? I found one (http://www.wordorigins.org/) , but cannibal is
> not on the list.
>
>
> Erin
>