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9241 Etymology dictionary, p. horse (n.).2
… - "to run," source of Latin currere "to run." Boutkan prefers the theory that it is a loan-word from an Iranian language (Sarmatian) also borrowed into Uralic (compare …
9242 Etymology dictionary, p. Hotchkiss (n.).2
… was run by relatives of the gun inventor. The surname (attested from late 15c. as Hochekys ) is a variant of Hodgkin .
9243 Etymology dictionary, p. hubristic (adj.).2
also hybristic, 1831, from Greek hybristikos "given to wantonness, insolent," from hybrizein "to wax wanton, run riot," related to hybris (see hubris ).
9244 Etymology dictionary, p. hurl (v.).2
… , "to run against (each other), come into collision," later "throw forcibly" (c. 1300); "rush violently" (late 14c.); perhaps related to Low German hurreln "to throw, to dash …
9245 Etymology dictionary, p. hurt (v.).2
… hurten "run at, collide," Old Norse hrutr "ram," Middle Dutch horten "to knock, dash against").
9246 Etymology dictionary, p. ice-skate (v.).2
… . A run of severe winters that froze over the Thames in the late 17c. made ice-skating popular in England. Related: Ice-skates (1862).
9247 Etymology dictionary, p. idle (v.).2
… of "run slowly and steadily without transmitting power" (as a motor) first recorded 1916. Related: Idled; idling. As a noun, 1630s of persons, 1939 of an engine setting …
9248 Etymology dictionary, p. Illinois.3
… have run across the middle of the modern state, but the north around Chicago would be in Assenisipia and the southern end in Polypotamia under this proposal …
9249 Etymology dictionary, p. impeach (v.).2
… stuck, run (a ship) aground," also "prevent (from doing something)," from Anglo-French empecher, Old French empeechier "to hinder, stop, impede; capture, trap, ensnare …
9250 Etymology dictionary, p. incur (v.).2
… "run into or against, rush at, make an attack;" figuratively, "to befall, happen, occur to," from in- "upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). Related …
9251 Etymology dictionary, p. incursion (n.).2
… ) "a running against, hostile attack," noun of action from past participle stem of incurrere "run into or against, rush at" (see incur ).
9252 Etymology dictionary, p. indebted (adj.).2
… debt, run into debt," from en- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + dete "debt" (see debt ). Figurative sense of "under obligation for favors or services" first attested 1560s. Spelling …
9253 Etymology dictionary, p. insomuch (adv.).2
late 14c. as a phrase; tending to be run together from 16c.; see in (adv.) + so + much, and compare inasmuch .
9254 Etymology dictionary, p. intercourse (n.).2
… "a running between, intervention," in Medieval Latin "intercommunication," from intercursus, past participle of intercurrere "to run between, intervene, mediate …
9255 Etymology dictionary, p. interloper (n.).2
… "to run," from Proto-Germanic *hlaupanan "to leap" (see leap (v.)).
9256 Etymology dictionary, p. inundate (v.).2
1620s, back-formation from inundation, or else from Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare "to overflow, run over" (source also of Spanish inundar, French inonder ). Related: Inundated; inundating .
9257 Etymology dictionary, p. jog (v.).3
The modern sense in reference to running as training mostly dates from 1948; at first a regimen for athletes, it became a popular fad c. 1967. Perhaps this sense is extended from its use in horsemanship.
9258 Etymology dictionary, p. jog (n.).2
c. 1600, "act of moving up and down," from jog (v.). Meaning "a slight push or nudge" is from 1630s; meaning "a slow run for fitness or conditioning" is from 1977.
9259 Etymology dictionary, p. jogging (n.).2
1560s, verbal noun from jog (v.). In the running exercise sense, from 1948. As an adjective by 1971.
9260 Etymology dictionary, p. jogger (n.).2
c. 1700, "one who walks heavily and slowly," also "one who gives a sudden slight push;" agent noun from jog (v.). Running exercise sense is from 1968.