half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) · half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) · middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
köken: Borrowed directly from Latin medius (“half”) rather than inherited through an Old Spanish form, possibly because the likely forms *meo and *meyo would have closely resembled mear (“to piss”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. In reference to spiritual mediums, calqued from Latin…
köken: First used in Swedish in 1638, from French humeur, same as English humour, Latin humor (“fluid”), having bodily fluids in good balance. The funny-haha-humour meaning (Swedish humor) is more recent, originating in England in Shakespeare's time.
hon är på gott humör idag
en busschaufför, en busschaufför, det är en man med glatt humör
means, way, vehicle (entity to achieve an end) · trick, stunt (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · device (technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience)
çekim: çoğul keinot · tamlayan keinon
köken: Probably borrowed from Sami, from Proto-Samic *keajnō (“road”). Cognate with Karelian keino.
köken: Native word, probably from the div variant of díj (“fee,” formerly “ransom; fine; price, payment”) + -at (noun-forming suffix). Its original meaning may have been “widespread customs, conventions, trend, practice,” giving rise to its other sense “value, esteem,” both recorded from the early 17th century. Its current meaning (“fashion”) developed from its earlier sense “abundance, marketability”…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -ārius Latin manuāriusder. Old French manierebor. Middle High German maniere German Manierder. ▲ Latin manuāriusder. Old French manere Middle French maniere French manièreder. ▲ Old French manierebor. Italian manierader. Esperanto maniero From German Manier,…