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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
nouncontrarian claim
algorism
The older English word for calculation with Hindu-Arabic numerals, transmitted through French and Medieval Latin from the name al-Khwārizmī.
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ten
The inherited English cardinal number, carried through Old English and Germanic from the Indo-European numeral also reflected in Latin decem.
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CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 9
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Is the exact Proto-Germanic noun *hatiz- or *hataz?
The noun is reconstructed, and published notation reflects stem alternation and analytical choices. Koch prints *hataz ~ *hatiz- while Merriam-Webster foregrounds *hatiz-.
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Is the exact Proto-Germanic noun *hatiz- or *hataz?
The noun is reconstructed, and published notation reflects stem alternation and analytical choices. Koch prints *hataz ~ *hatiz- while the atlas reuses the shared *hatiz- node.
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Is the exact history of -ræden reducible to either ready or read?
The condition element is secure, and American Heritage assigns it through Germanic *rēdan to PIE *rē-dh-. But Merriam-Webster notes that Old English evidence can reflect a probable relationship to geræde “ready,” older analysis through rædan “advise,” and partial merger with ræding; Germanic *raidja- and *rēd- outcomes can be difficult to separate.
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Does the word commemorate an abstract concept or a person?
It ultimately reflects a geographic personal name, “the Khwārizmian,” which became attached to transmitted arithmetic.
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Are bridegroom and human directly descended from one another?
No. Germanic *gumōn- and Latin homō reflect different earthling formations that meet only at *dhghem-.
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Is the “bad star” composition real?
Yes. Italian disastro is analyzed as a negative prefix plus astro “star,” reflecting an astrological frame for misfortune.
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Why could enemy become the Devil?
OED explains the Devil as the original or ultimate enemy, early translating Latin hostis and ultimately reflecting the literal adversary sense of Hebrew satan. This is a semantic and translation history, not proof of one coinage event.
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Could hospes mean both host and guest?
Yes. Latin hospes and its descendants reflect reciprocal hospitality in which the same participant could receive hospitality and later return it.
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Is kapu merely a misspelling of tapu?
No. Hawaiian kapu reflects a documented historical *t to k development; POLLEX lists it as the Hawaiian reflex of the same Oceanic family.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 2
RANK 149GRADE Aranked reveal
English mouse is not a Latin loan.
English mouse follows its inherited Germanic line while Latin mūs is a cognate branch. Their resemblance reflects common ancestry, not a direct Latin-to-English borrowing.
RANK 162GRADE Aranked reveal
Regal and royal are two arrivals from one king adjective.
The English paths differ, but both reach Latin rēgālis and rēx. Their synonymy reflects shared ancestry, not one modern word copied from the other.
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FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
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