The word "private" originates from the Latin term "privatus," which means "deprived of" or "secluded." This Latin root is derived from "privare," meaning "to separate" or "to remove." Over time, it evolved through Old French as "prive," before entering Middle English as "private." The term generally conveys a sense of exclusion or confidentiality, indicating something kept apart from public view or access.
These devices were first used to harness WIND power to grind grain on a MILL stone.
The word cur is thought to be derived from the Middle English word "curdogge". Curdogge is derived from the word "curren", which means "to growl". Cur is a slang word that refers to a mixed breed dog.
The term "dire straits" which means desperate circumstances has no particular origin. It is just one of those phrases which people adopted as a cliche to describe a particular thing.It is spelled strait - it has no relation to straight. A strait is a difficult circumstance.The word, dire, comes from the Latin word, dirus, which has a meaning close to terrifying. The word, strait, is a derivation of the word, straight, and originally had a similar meaning - tight and/or narrow. In the 14th century, it's meaning became more specified to mean narrow waterway.A literal translation for dire straits, then, would be terrifying narrow (or tight) waterway. A very nice metaphor for what we understand this phrase to mean.
Peterson means "son of Peter" It is an English, Scandanavian and German varant of a surname that is widely used throughout Christian Europe because of its derivation from the name of St. Peter.
According to the Related Link, "From the town of Cullen, in Banffshire, Scotland. The derivation is uncertain. It may be from Cuillean, holly, a place of holly-trees; or Cullin, the place at the neck of the lake, from Cul, a neck, the back of any thing, and lin, a lake, a pond."
Eponymy is the derivation of a word from a name.
The word derivative is a derivation of the root word derive. You may make a derivation of my original artwork under the creative commons license.
The derivation of the word mutton is from the French, mouton meaning sheep.
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Bubba is a southern derivation on the word "Brother"
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Canning is the gerund of the verb, to can.
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