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Where did the word thesaurus come from?
It is a Latin word - thesaurus - meaning treasury. Also a Greek word - thesauros - of similar meaning, from the root word 'titherai' meaning to 'put or place'
Where does the word harem come from?
It is an Arabic word, 'harim' meaning forbidden place. Originally meaning 'women's quarters. from the root word 'harama' meaning guarded and forbidden
What latin word does the word preposition come from?
The word has two parts: pre-- meaning before and position meaning place or location. The Latin for the entire word is praepositin.
What country did the word plaza come from?
The word 'plaza' is Spanish meaning a square or a place. A similar Latin word 'plattia' means courtyard.
Where did the word penitentiary come from?
From Latin Penitentiaria meaning a place of punishment for offences against the church - a place of penitence or a house of correction
Where does the word rendevous come from?
It is a French word. From the noun use of rendez vous meaning 'present your selves'. Used in the very late 1590's as 'a place for assembling troops'. Now meaning a 'meeting at a specific time and place'
What is the meaning of the root word pon?
The root word "pon" means "place" or "put" in Latin. It is derived from the Latin word "ponere," which means to place or to put.
Where does the word pier come from?
The origin is really not known, but there is an old French word 'pire' meaning a breakwater. From Latin 'petra' meaning a rock, later becoming to mean a landing place for vessels
Which country does the word garage come from?
It is of French origin meaning 'a place to shelter a car'. Derives from the word 'garer' meaning to shelter and also dock ships. Garage came into use about 1902
Where did the word bed come from?
I think it comes from the word Bedecken which is the German word meaning "Cover". Or the Proto-Germanic "Badjam" which meant "sleeping place dug in the ground"
Where does the word wardrobe come from?
Probably from a 13th or 14th century French word 'warderobe' meaning a room where wearing apparel is kept. This is a variation of the French word Garderobe meaning 'to keep guard, a place where garments are kept' deriving from 'warder' meaning to 'keep'
What does the word coombabah in aboriginal mean?
There are several theories about the meaning of "coombabah". 1. The most likely is that is means "pocket of land" in the local Kombumerri dialect. 2. Another theory suggests it comes from the word 'Koomboobah', meaning "place of the cobra worms". 3. It might also come from the word 'Koombabah', meaning "place of the turtles".
