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9301 Etymology dictionary, p. natterjack (n.).2
… distinctive running gait, and a loud mating call, 1769; the second element probably is the proper name jack (q.v.); for first element, Weekley suggests connection …
9302 Etymology dictionary, p. neck (n.).5
… . Horses running neck and neck "at an equal pace" is attested from 1799; to win by a neck is from 1823. To be up to the neck "have a lot of" at first (mid-19c.) suggested "fed …
9303 Etymology dictionary, p. ness (n.).2
… land running into the sea," obsolete except in place names ( Holderness, Dungeness, etc.) and surnames, Old English næs (West Saxon, Northumbrian), nes (Mercian, Kentish …
9304 Etymology dictionary, p. Nigeria.2
West African nation, named for river Niger, which runs through it, + country name ending -ia. Related: Nigerian .
9305 Etymology dictionary, p. noose (n.).2
"loop formed by fastening a running knot or slip-knot," mid-15c., perhaps from Old French nos or cognate Old Provençal nous "knot," from Latin nodus "knot" (from PIE root *ned- "to bind, tie"). Rare before c. 1600.
9306 Etymology dictionary, p. occur (v.).2
… occurrere "run to meet, run against, befall, present itself," from ob "against, toward" (see ob- ) + currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). Sense development is from "meet …
9307 Etymology dictionary, p. option (n.).3
… or run with it, it is recorded by 1953.
9308 Etymology dictionary, p. outrun (v.).2
early 14c., outrennen, "to flow out, to issue forth;" mid-14c., "to run out, expire" from out- + run (v.). Sense of "to outstrip in running, run past or beyond" is from mid-15c.; figurative use is from 1650s. Related: Outran; outrunning .
9309 Etymology dictionary, p. outstrip (v.).2
… in running," originally in Lyly, perhaps from out- + Middle English strip "move quickly, make a stroke" (in reference to a weapon). c. 1400, a word of uncertain origin …
9310 Etymology dictionary, p. overrun (v.).2
… over-run, Middle English overrennen, from Old English oferyrnan "to run across, pass over;" see over- + run (v.). Meaning "continue beyond a specified time" is from early …
9311 Etymology dictionary, p. overshoot (v.).2
mid-14c., "to shoot, run, or pass beyond (a point or limit), exceed, overstep," over- + shoot (v.). Meaning "to shoot over or beyond" (a mark or target) is by 1540s. Related: Overshot; overshooting .
9312 Etymology dictionary, p. overtake (v.).2
… "the running down and catching of a fugitive or beast of chase"; the editors find the sense of over- in this word "not so clear." The meaning "take by surprise, come …
9313 Etymology dictionary, p. paddle (v.1).2
… , to run in short steps," from the source of pad (v.). Related: Paddled; paddling. Meaning "to move in water by means of paddles" is a different word (see paddle (v.3)).
9314 Etymology dictionary, p. palindrome (n.).2
… "a running back." Second element is dromos "a running" (see dromedary ); first is palin "again, back," from PIE *kwle-i-, suffixed form of root *kwel- (1) "revolve, move round." PIE …
9315 Etymology dictionary, p. path (n.).3
… had run its course." Watkins says the word is "probably borrowed (? via Scythian) from Iranian *path- ," from PIE root *pent- "to tread, go, pass" (source of Avestan patha "way …
9316 Etymology dictionary, p. peel (v.).3
… it "run away at full speed" (1860).
9317 Etymology dictionary, p. Peking.2
… British-run, Hong Kong-based Chinese postal system. Peking duck, "large domestic duck of white plumage and orange beak and legs," is attested from 1880.
9318 Etymology dictionary, p. pentathlon (n.).2
… -country running. Related: Pentathlete .
9319 Etymology dictionary, p. *per- (2).4
… through, run through;" Latin portare "to carry," porta "gate, door," portus "port, harbor," originally "entrance, passage," peritus "experienced;" Avestan peretush "passage …
9320 Etymology dictionary, p. peruse (v.).2
… detail, run over with careful scrutiny," from Middle English per- "completely" (see per ) + use (v.). Meaning "read carefully and critically" is by 1530s, but this could …