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chicEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chicEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik (“coati; buffoon”).
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Are humus, soil, and hummus, chickpea paste, the same word?
No. American Heritage separates Latin humus, soil, from the Arabic and possibly Aramaic food word hummus.
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Did royal first mean magnificent rather than monarchical?
No. The reported ancestry and first English sense are monarch-centered; magnificence is a semantic extension.
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Logeion: λόγος
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Logeion: ἐτυμολογία
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Logeion: candeo
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Logeion: legō / legere
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Logeion: intellegō
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Logeion: lex
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Logeion: astrum
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Logeion: candidus
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Logeion: sincerus
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Humilis — Logeion lexical record
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Logeion: colligō
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Logeion: quadraginta
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