A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary Of The English Language By Ernest Klein by Ernest Klein

Author:Ernest Klein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Etymology, Dictionary, English
Published: 1971-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

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local, adj. — ME. localle, fr. MF. (= F). local, fr.

Late L. localis, 'pertaining to a place', fr. L.

locus, 'place'. See locus and adj. suff. -al.

Derivatives: local, n., local-ism, n., locality

(q.v.), local-ize, tr. v., local-iz-ation, n., local-ly,

adv., locat-ness, n. locale, n., a place or locality. — F. local, fr. Late

L. localis, 'pertaining to a place'. See prec. word, locality, n. — F. localiti, fr. Late L. locdlitdtem,

acc. of locdlitds, 'locality*, fr. locdlis. See local . and -ity.

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locate, tr. v., to find the place of. — L. locdtus, pp. of locate, 'to place, put, set, dispose, arrange', fr. locus, 'place'. See locus and verbal suff. -ate and cp. allocate, collocate, dislocate, couch, accouchement.

location, n. — L. locdtid, gen. -dnis, 'a placing, location, disposition', fr. locdtus, pp. of locdre. See prec. word and -ion. Derivative: location-al, adj.

locative, adj., pertaining to a case indicating place; n., the locative case. — Incorrectly formed fr. L. locus, 'place', on analogy of L. vocdti-vus, 'vocative' (fr. vocdtus, pp. of vocdre, 'to call, summon'). See locus and -ive.

loch, n., a lake. — Gael, loch, 'lake', rel. to Olr. loch, OCo., Bret, lagen, 'lake', and cogn. with L. lacus, 'lake'. See lake, 'a pool', and cp. lough.

lochia, n., the discharge from the uterus after childbirth (med.) — Medical L., fr. Gk. Xoxia, neut. pi. of \6xioq, 'pertaining to childbirth', fr. Xoxos, 'childbirth', which stands in gradational relationship to Xsxo?> 'bed'. See lie, 'to recline', and cp. the second element in Aristolochia, Gelechia.

Derivative: lochi-al, adj.

lochio-, pertaining to childbirth. — Fr. Gk. Xo-Xio?, 'pertaining to childbirth'. See prec. word.

lock, n., tuft of hair. — ME. lokk, lokke, fr. OE. locc, rel. to ON. lokkr, OS., OFris., Du. lok, OHG., MHG. loc, G. Locke, 'lock of hair', fr. I.-E. base*/e«g-,*/Hg-,'tobend,twist',whencealso Gk. Xuyl^eiv, 'to bend, twist', Xuyo?, 'any pliant twig, withe', OL. luctdre, L. luctari, 'to wrestle, struggle, strive, contend', lit. 'to twist, intertwine', Lith. lugnas, Lett, lugt, 'flexible', OE, leac, lec, 'leek, garlic'. Cp. leek, luck. Cp. also ineluctable, luxate, luxe, reluct, Lygodium.

lock, n., a contrivance for closing doors. — ME. lok, fr. OE. loc, 'lock, bolt', rel. to OE. lucan, OS. lukan, ON., OFris. luka, OHG. luhhan, Goth, ga-lukan, 'to close, shut up', ON. lok (neut.), luka (fern.), 'fastening, lock', Goth, us-luks, 'opening', OHG. loh, MHG. loch, 'dungeon, cavern, hole', G. Loch, 'hole, opening', Du. luik, 'shutter; trapdoor', G. Luke, 'dormer window', and cogn. with OI. rujdti, 'breaks', Lith. luzti, 'to break' (intr.), Iduzyti, 'to break' (tr.); see KJuge-Mitzka, EWDS., p. 443 s.v. Loch. See lugubrious and cp. locket and the second element in padlock. Cp. also lucarne. Derivatives: lock, tr. and intr. v., lock-ed, adj., lock-er, n., locket (q.v.), lock-ful, n., lock-ing, adj. and verbal n., lock-less, adj., lock-let, n.

locket, n., a small hinged case worn on a necklace. — OF. (= F.) loquet, 'latch of door', dimin. of OF. loc, 'lock, latch', fr. ON. lok, 'lock'. See 2nd lock and -et.

Lockian, adj., pertaining to John Lock (1632-1704) or to his philosophy.

lockram, n., also lockeram, a cheap kind of linen cloth.

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