Monday, October 24, 2011

Words Made Concrete

Cement: L > caementa:
stone chips in mortar;
& concrete: L > com:
together + crescere:
grow; & Daddy
Long-legs (1814), an arachnid:
GK > arakhne: spider;
& tripartite leaf:
L > tri: three
& L >  partitus: divided;
leaf: OE > leaf: leaf
of a plant or book;
& shadow: OE >
sceadwian: "to protect

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