#late latin
Noun
[ shey-ree]French.
1. dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
Origin:
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheri, from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”), from Vulgar Latin ceresia, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium(cerasum,cerasus (“cherry tree”)), from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly derived from a language of Asia Minor. Displaced Old English ciris (also from Vulgar Latin ceresia), which died out after the Norman invasion and was replaced by the French-derived word.
“"I tell you it is like taking the life of a puppy, ma cherie,“ he was saying.”
- JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD, THE COURAGE OF MARGE O'DOONE
Verb (used with object)
[ dih-ras-uh-neyt ]
1. to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
2. to isolate or alienate (a person) from a native or customary culture or environment.
Origin:
First recorded in 1590–1600; from French déracin(er), equivalent to dé- + -raciner, verbal derivative of racine “root,” from Late Latin rādīcīna for Latin rādīc-, stem of rādīx + -ate
“His deracination begins with the education that sends him to Paris, there to lose his originality.”
- James Huneker, Egoists
Noun
[ kav-uh-leer,kav-uh-leer ]
1. a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
2. one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant.
3. a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing.
4.(initial capital letter) an adherent of Charles I of England in his contest with Parliament.
Adjective
5. haughty, disdainful, or supercilious:
an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others.
6. offhand or unceremonious:
The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.
7.(initial capital letter) of or relating to the Cavaliers.
8.(initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cavalier poets or their work.
Verb (used without object)
9. to play the cavalier.
10. to be haughty or domineering.
Origin:
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French: “horseman, knight,” from Old Italian cavaliere, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin caballārius “man on horseback,” equivalent to Latin caball(us) “horse” (cf. capercaillie) + -ārius -ary
“She gave him a cavalier little nod, touched her horse with the whip, and a moment later was lost in a cloud of dust.”
- Gemma Arterton, Ancestors
Ginger (14c), is from the Old English gingifer/gingiber, via the Late Latin gingiber, via the Latin zingiberi, via the Greek zingiberis, via the Prakrit singabera,via the Sanskrit srngaveram.
Gingerbread (13c) was originally gingerbrar, from the Old French ginginbrat, meaning “ginger preserve.” It was changed to gingerbrede in 14c via folk etymology.
Posthumous (15c), from the Latin postumus, meaning “last,” and originally used to describe a last-born child. In Late Latin, it was influenced by humare, “to bury,” and took on the meaning of “a child born after the death of their father.” Old English had æfterboren (”after-born”) to describe this final meaning.
