Category: Etymology

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• “path, track; course of action,”
• “a track, a trace, course”
• “one’s habitual business”
• “#occupation, the craft or business one has learned and carries on for #profit or a living,”

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“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.” – Simon Sinek

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“the sufferings of Christ on the Cross; the death of Christ,”
“Christ’s passion, physical suffering”
“suffering, enduring,”
“to endure, undergo, experience,”
“that which must be endured.” \

The sense was extended to the sufferings of martyrs, and suffering and pain generally,
literally “suffering,” “to endure.”
also “the state of being affected or acted upon by something external”

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“legal claim or right; a concern; a benefit, advantage, a being concerned or affected (advantageously),”
“damage, loss, harm”
“it is of importance, it makes a difference,”
“to concern, make a difference, be of importance,”
literally “to be between,”

“what one has a legal concern in,”
“compensation for loss,” \

Financial sense of “money paid for the use of money lent”
“compensation due from a defaulting debtor.”
“personal or selfish consideration”
“business in which several people are interested”
“curiosity, feeling that something concerns one, appreciative or sympathetic regard”

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Understanding the distinction between quotes and contracts can save you from financial and legal headaches.

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“to draw into a smaller compass, become smaller, shrink”
“make an agreement, enter into a contract, agree or establish to undertake mutually,”
“to draw several objects together; draw in, shorten, lessen, abridge,”
“make a bargain, make an agreement,”

Etymology is detective work across centuries, and it’s devilishly hard work, like finding a needle in a haystack.

Rebecca. F. Kuang

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ethimolegia - “facts of the origin and development of a word,”
“analysis of a word to find its true origin,” properly “study of the true sense (of a word),”

etymon “true sense, original meaning,”
-logia “study of, a speaking of”
-logy “a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science,”