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The spellings of words reflect the way they are pronounced in their root language, not necessarily the language they become part of. For example, the silent "B" in "doubt" is from the Latin root dubitare/dubare ("to waver, to be uncertain of"). This is why some English words beginning with a "CE" and "CI" sound like they start with "S", while others (the ones that start with CA, CO, and CU) have a "K" sound.
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How do you spell preceede?
The correct spelling of the word is precede (come before).The similar word meaning "to continue" is proceed.
Where did the word pus come from?
There is a Latin word of the same spelling which is related to Greek 'puon'
Where does the word arrdvark come from?
The spelling is aardvark and is Afrikaans for 'earth pig'
Where did the word mentor come from?
Mentor comes from a Greek word, same spelling, meaning 'wise advisor'
Where does the word scavanger come from?
it appears to be just an unusual spelling of the word scavenger which comes from London England
What language did the word radious come from?
None, since there is no such word as "radious". Radius, however, come from Latin.
What origin does the word ulna come from?
It is from a Latin word of the same spelling, literally meaning 'elbow. This is related to an Old English word 'eln'.
Where did the word mustache come from?
Mustache is the US spelling of the French word moustache, which was derived from the Italian word mostacchio that came from the Greek mustaki.
What language does the word chrysalis come from?
The word chrysalis with the same spelling was used in Latin and with the spelling chysallis in the Greek language. Both spellings were first found to be used in the 1650 - 1660 range.
Where did the word supercalifragilisticexpealidocious come from?
Good spelling! That word came from a song in the kid's movie, 'Mary Poppins', and is completely made up.
Where does the spelling error guard come from?
Originally in the English language, the word 'guard' was spelled like the French word 'garde', however, the current spelling of G-U-A-R-D won out. The word has never been spelled G-A-U-R-D, but that is a common spelling error due to the phonetics of the word.
What does curagise mean?
It appears that this is not an English word. Clarify if it a word in another language, or check to see if you can come up with a spelling that is closer to accurate.
