köken: Borrowed from New Latin elasticus (“elastic”), from Ancient Greek as if *ἐλαστής (*elastḗs) for ἐλατής (elatḗs), equiv. to ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “a driver, hurler”), from ἐλαύνειν (elaúnein, “to drive, set in motion, push, strike, beat out”). Cognate with Piedmontese elàstich.
engagement ring or wedding ring (ring exchanged between bride and groom) · alliance (pact or treaty between countries or parties made to advance common goals) · alliance (countries or parties which form an alliance)
çekim: çoğul alianças
köken: Borrowed from French alliance. By surface analysis, aliar + -ança.
köken: First attested in the Dong'ui bogam (東醫寶鑑 / 동의보감), 1613, as Early Modern Korean 겨으살이 (Yale: kyeu-sal-i). From 겨울 (gyeoul, “winter”) + 살- (sal-, “to live”) + -이 (-i).
an old Scandinavian unit of length, which in Sweden was equal to 2672 m (a quarter of an old Swedish mile and approximately a quarter of a modern Scandinavian mile, or around half a league)
çekim: tamlayan fjärdingsvägs
köken: From fjärding (“quarter (archaic)”) + -s- + väg (“way”), from being a quarter of an old Swedish mile (10688 m). A modern Scandinavian mile (mil) is 10 kilometers. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fjerdingsveg
köken: Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs-, possibly a European borrowing for a tree similar to the mistletoe. Compare also Ancient Greek ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe, birdlime”), Proto-Slavic *višьňa, Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, and probably Italian visciola (“sour cherry”), the last likely a Germanic borrowing. Traditionally associated with vīrus, although this is unlikely. Also compare Proto-Germanic…