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9181 Etymology dictionary, p. Ecuador.2
from the Spanish form of equator (which runs through it). Before 1830 the region bore the name of its chief city, Quito, which is from the name of a now-extinct native people, of unknown meaning. Related: Ecuadorian; Ecuadorean .
9182 Etymology dictionary, p. electrical (adj.).2
1630s, "giving off electricity when rubbed," from electric + -al (1). Meaning "relating to electricity, run by electricity" is from 1746. Related: Electrically .
9183 Etymology dictionary, p. elopement (n.).2
"a running away, an escape, private or unlicensed departure from the place or station to which one is bound by duty or law," especially "the running away of a woman …
9184 Etymology dictionary, p. elope (v.).2
… , "to run off," probably from Middle Dutch (ont)lopen "run away," from ont- "away from" (from Proto-Germanic *und- which also gave the first element in until, from PIE root …
9185 Etymology dictionary, p. elope (v.).3
… aloper "run away from a husband with one's lover" (mid-14c.) which complicates this etymology; perhaps it is a modification of the Middle Dutch word, with Old French …
9186 Etymology dictionary, p. elope (v.).4
The oldest Germanic word for "wedding" is represented by Old English brydlop (source also of Old High German bruthlauft, Old Norse bruðhlaup ), literally "bride run," the conducting of the woman to her new home. Related: Eloped; eloping .
9187 Etymology dictionary, p. ember-days (n.).2
… "a running around," from ymb "round" (from Proto-Germanic umbi, from PIE root *ambhi- "around") + ryne "course, running" (from PIE root *rei- "to run, flow"). Perhaps influenced …
9188 Etymology dictionary, p. end (n.).3
… end-run is attested from 1893 in U.S. football; extended to military tactics by 1940. End time in reference to the end of the world is from 1917. To end it all "commit …
9189 Etymology dictionary, p. e.r.a. (n.).2
1949 in baseball as initialism (acronym) for earned run average. From 1971 in U.S. politics for Equal Rights Amendment .
9190 Etymology dictionary, p. excursion (n.).2
… ) "a running forth, sally, excursion, expedition," figuratively "an outset, opening," noun of action from past-participle stem of excurrere "run out, run forth, hasten …
9191 Etymology dictionary, p. fail (v.).2
… succeed; run out, come to an end; err, make a mistake; be dying; let down, disappoint" (11c., Modern French faillir ), from Vulgar Latin *fallire, from Latin fallere "to trip …
9192 Etymology dictionary, p. fail (v.).4
… ., "to run short in supply, be used up;" from c. 1300 of crops, seeds, land. From c. 1300 of strength, spirits, courage, etc., "suffer loss of vigor; grow feeble;" from mid-14c. of …
9193 Etymology dictionary, p. fast (adv.).3
… " ( to run hard means the same as to run fast; also compare fast asleep, also compare Old Norse drekka fast "to drink hard," telja fast "to give (someone) a severe lesson …
9194 Etymology dictionary, p. feral (adj.).2
c. 1600, "wild, undomesticated," from French feral "wild," from Latin fera, in phrase fera bestia "wild animal," from ferus "wild" (from PIE root *ghwer- "wild beast"). Since 19c. commonly "run wild, having escaped from domestication."
9195 Etymology dictionary, p. file (n.1).2
… chessboard running directly from player to player" is from 1610s.
9196 Etymology dictionary, p. flee (v.).2
… "to run away" (source also of Old High German fliohan, Old Norse flöja, Old Frisian flia, Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Gothic þliuhan "to flee"), probably from PIE …
9197 Etymology dictionary, p. fleet (v.).2
… ; flow, run (as water); swim; sail (of a ship)," from Proto-Germanic *fleutan (source also of Old Frisian fliata, Old Saxon fliotan "to flow," Old High German fliozzan "to float …
9198 Etymology dictionary, p. fling (v.).2
… dash, run, rush," probably from or related to Old Norse flengja "to flog," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flang- (source also of Old Swedish …
9199 Etymology dictionary, p. fluent (adj.).2
… , stream, run, melt," from extended form of PIE *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overflow" (source also of Latin flumen "river;" Greek phluein "to boil over, bubble up," phlein "to …
9200 Etymology dictionary, p. flume (n.).2
… flum "running water, stream, river; dysentery," from Latin flumen "flood, stream, running water," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent ). In U.S., used especially of artificial …