From Proto-Indo-European * h₂eḱs- ( “ axis ” ) , the same root of assis , axis .
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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitizationasser
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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
nounhistorical form
December
The twelfth month in the modern calendar; its inherited Latin name literally identifies it as the tenth month.
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algebra
A mathematical discipline whose English name travels through Medieval Latin from Arabic al-jabr, restoration or completion.
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alpaca
An English animal and fiber word borrowed through Spanish from Aymara allpaqa / allphaqa.
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checkmate
An inescapable chess defeat and, figuratively, complete thwarting; a compound transmitted through French, Arabic, and Persian chess language.
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decimal
Based on ten or tenths; borrowed through French and Medieval Latin from the Latin family of decem, “ten.”
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decimate
To destroy or reduce drastically; borrowed from a Latin verb built on “tenth” and first used in English for killing every tenth member of a group.
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llama
An English animal name borrowed through Spanish from Quechua llama.
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mouse
The inherited English name of the small rodent, continued from Old English mūs and the reconstructed Indo-European *mūs- family.
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muscle
A body tissue or organ whose English name descends through French from Latin musculus, a diminutive of mūs “mouse.”
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mussel
A bivalve mollusk whose English history runs through Middle English muscle and Old English muscelle into the same Latin mouse family as muscle.
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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY
HISTORICAL FORMS
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Beyond secure reconstruction
UNKNOWN
No Proto-Semitic reconstruction is asserted in this dossier.
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- before the reviewed Arabic derivation
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- gloss
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Beyond secure reconstruction
UNKNOWN
No securely reviewed ancestor beyond *mūs- is asserted.
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- before the reviewed Indo-European reconstruction
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Beyond secure reconstruction
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Beyond secure reconstruction
UNKNOWN
No deeper ancestor of the *pot- component is asserted in this graph branch.
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- before the reviewed *pot- component
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- 0
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UNKNOWN
No deeper ancestor of the proposed *ǵhes- analysis is asserted.
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- before the hypothetical exchange root
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No deeper numeral ancestor asserted
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- before *dekm̥
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- before *dekm̥
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- before *dekm̥
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No deeper form asserted from the reviewed sources
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- before Old Persian mān-
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No older game-name ancestor asserted
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- before the first certain caturaṅga game-name evidence
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- 0
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UNKNOWN
No older form asserted
- DATE
- before the rival *h₃ekʷ- comparison
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- gloss
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- 0
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WHERE INTERPRETATION IS TESTED
CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 1
resolvedboundaryposition text
Is the grass called chess part of the game family?
No connection is asserted. Merriam-Webster labels the grass-name origin unknown.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 0
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
SOURCES
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FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
ATTESTATION WITNESSES
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