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The origin of the word " herpetoculture " is credited to Tom Huff, who devised the word to distinguish what he, as a self-described " herpetoculturist ", was doing -- working to keeping reptiles and amphibians alive and healthy -- from what herpetologists of that era were generally doing, namely, collecting specimens for preservation in museum collections.
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by means of an origin statement which refers to an actual address, the corresponding index word will be reserved.
For example, there was sheet music with the word `` jazz '' in the title, to illustrate how a word of uncertain origin took hold.
These can range from simple spelling changes and word forms to switching the entire writing system itself, as when Turkey switched from the Arabic alphabet to a Turkish alphabet of Latin origin.
Perhaps the word may be included among those mysterious expressions discussed by Adolf von Harnack, “ which belong to no known speech, and by their singular collocation of vowels and consonants give evidence that they belong to some mystic dialect, or take their origin from some supposed divine inspiration .”
The origin of the word is uncertain.
The word " Accountant " is derived from the French word, which took its origin from the Latin word.
Abettor ( from to abet, Old French abeter, à and beter, to bait, urge dogs upon any one ; this word is probably of Scandinavian origin, meaning to cause to bite ), is a legal term implying one who instigates, encourages or assists another to commit an offence.
There is some confusion over the origin of this usage of the word akimbo.
The word is thought to have its origin in the Aramaic language, in which ibra ( אברא ) means " I have created " and k ' dibra ( כדברא ) which means " through my speech ", providing a translation of abracadabra as " created as I say ", thus its use in magic.
The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning, derived from the hypothetical Proto-Germanic root brugjō.
The word bronze is borrowed from, itself borrowed from ( compare Medieval ), whose origin is unclear.
The origin of the term is uncertain, and many researchers have different theories on how the word entered the English vocabulary.
The origin of the word bunyip has been traced to the Wemba-Wemba or Wergaia language of Aboriginal people of South-Eastern Australia.
Currently, the word " Bohemians " is sometimes used when speaking about persons from Bohemia of non-Czech or mixed ethnic origin, especially before the year 1918, when the Kingdom of Bohemia ceased to exist ; also when there is need to distinguish between inhabitants of the western part ( Bohemia proper ) of Czechia, and the eastern ( Moravia ) or the north-eastern part ( Silesia ).
This is pointed out, however, simply to make still clearer the meaning and origin of the word ; and section V will furnish a more detailed explanation of the formation of the Breviary.
The term " Casino " is of Italian origin, the root word being " Casa " ( house ) and originally meant a small country villa, summerhouse or pavilion.
The word " cipher " in former times meant " zero " and had the same origin: Middle French as < span lang =" fr "> cifre </ span > and Medieval Latin as cifra, from the Arabic صفر ṣifr = zero ( see Zero — Etymology ).
The origin of the word " chicano " is disputed.
The computer game Deus Ex: Invisible War prominently featured the Omar, where " Omar " is a Russian translation of the word " Lobster " ( since the Omar are of Russian origin in the game ).
The word is of Latin origin ; during the Roman Republic, the census was a list that kept track of all adult males fit for military service.
The term cabal derives from Kabbalah ( a word that has numerous spelling variations ), the mystical interpretation ( of Babylonian origin ) of the Hebrew scripture, and originally meant either an occult doctrine or a secret.
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since Bourbon whiskey, though of Kentucky origin, is at least as much favored by liberals in the North as by conservatives in the South.
This is the only case in modern history of a people of Britannic origin submitting without continued struggle to what they view as foreign domination.
However, it is important to trace the philosophy of the French Revolution to its sources to understand the common democratic origin of individualism and socialism and the influence of the latter on the former.
It is difficult to pinpoint the time of origin of the state purchasing automobiles for use of employees in Rhode Island.
There is an oral tradition among the members of the population in regard to the origin and subsequent separate status of the group in the larger society.
Apparently their origin is humble, their approach to life direct and unsophisticated.
If the cutting force, Af, is plotted against film thickness, a straight line should result passing through the origin and having slope Af.
Because the food is selected with thought for its nutritional value, care for its origin, and prepared in a manner that retains the most nutrients, the food does taste good.
The material is all basically of folk origin, gleaned from every section of Poland.
The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where existed some of the oldest oracular shrines.
Because all clades are represented in the southern hemisphere but many not in the northern hemisphere, it is natural to conjecture that there is a common southern origin to them.
Wormwood, a genus that includes the sagebrush, is used as a source of flavoring for absinthe, a bitter classical liquor of European origin.
The debate is over the origin of their similarities.
Allegiance is formed from " liege ," from Old French liege, " liege, free ", of Germanic origin.
Angst means fear or anxiety ( anguish is its Latinate equivalent, and anxious, anxiety are of similar origin ).
German Alpen is the accusative in origin, but was made the nominative in Modern German, whence also Alm.
This religious explanation is supported by modern Pueblo beliefs about a North Road leading to their place of origin and along which the spirits of the dead travel.
The precise nature of the origin of this urn is matter of dispute.
As neither tune is attributed and both show elements of oral transmission, scholars can only speculate that they are possibly of British origin.
Virtually nothing is known of his parents, family background, or origin.
It is clear that widespread respect was paid to animals as the abode of dead ancestors, and much of the cults to dangerous animals is traceable to this principle ; though there is no need to attribute an animistic origin to it.
In certain obscure magical writings of Egyptian origin ἀβραξάς or ἀβρασάξ is found associated with other names which frequently accompany it on gems ; it is also found on the Greek metal tesseræ among other mystic words.
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