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Old English docga, a late, rare word used of a powerful breed of canine. It forced out Old English hund (the general Germanic and Indo-European word; see canine) by 16c. and subsequently was picked up in many continental languages (French dogue (16c.), Danish dogge), but the origin remains one of the great mysteries of English etymology.
What is Dog
100
word-forming element in nouns of act, process, function, condition, from Old French and French
What is Age
100
"place of instruction,"
What is school
100
inhabitant of the second planet from the sun," 1866, from Venus + -ian. Middle English had Venerian
What is Venus
200
Old English (c.700), from West Germanic (c.400-450), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz (cognates: Old Frisian katte, Old Norse köttr, Dutch kat, Old High German kazza, German Katze), from Late Latin cattus.
What is Cat
200
late 14c., babi, diminutive of baban (see babe + -y (3)). Meaning "childish adult person" is from c.1600. Meaning "youngest of a group" is from 1897. As a term of endearment for one's lover it is attested perhaps as early as 1839, certainly by 1901; its popularity perhaps boosted by baby vamp "a popular girl," student slang from c.1922. As an adjective, by 1750.
What is Baby
200
"a meeting at a fixed time for buying and selling livestock and provisions,"
What is market
200
Roman god of the underworld, brother of Zeus and Neptune
What is pluto
300
1770, used by Capt. Cook and botanist Joseph Banks, supposedly an aborigine word from northeast Queensland, Australia, usually said to be unknown now in any native language. However, according to Australian linguist R.M.W. Dixon ("The Languages of Australia," Cambridge, 1980), the word probably is from Guugu Yimidhirr (Endeavour River-area Aborigine language)
What is Kangaroo
300
"collection of words and phrases,"
What is dictionary
300
Park to house the society's collection of wild animals.
What is zoo
300
"ground, soil, dirt, dry land; country, district,"
What is earth
400
Old English beran bring; bring forth, produce; to endure, sustain; to wear" (class IV strong verb; past tense bær, past participle boren), from Proto-Germanic *beran (cognates: Old Saxon beran, Old Frisian bera, Old High German beran, German gebären, Old Norse bera, Gothic bairan "to carry, bear, give birth to"), from PIE root *bher- (1) meaning both "give birth" (though only English and German strongly retain this sense, and Russian has beremennaya "pregnant") and "carry a burden, bring" (see infer).
What is Bear
400
Old English ceosan "choose, seek out, select; decide, test, taste, try; accept, approve"
What is choose
400
"the university building in Alexandria," from Latin museum "library, study,"
What is museum
400
"most remote planet
What is saturn
500
A cube of cheese no larger than a die May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie. [Bierce]
What is Mouse
500
blended with earlier chois (n.) "action of selecting" (c.1300); "power of choosing" (early 14c.), "someone or something chosen"
What is choice
500
"to make of a certain extent;"
What is space
500
"supreme deity of the ancient Romans," from Latin Iupeter, from PIE *dyeu-peter- "god-father"
What is jupiter
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