According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ), the word comes ultimately from Greek (, " accent of ' turning away ', or elision "), through Latin and French.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ), the term bumblebee was first recorded as having been used in the English language in the 1530 work Lesclarcissement by John Palsgrave, " I bomme, as a bombyll bee dothe.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ), the first recorded use in the English language of the term " nore " (" north ") in association with the points of the compass and wind direction was by Dekker in 1612: " How blowes the winde Syr?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ), the term " redskin " came from the reddish skin color of some Native Americans, as in the terms red Indian and red man.

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