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What does 'from the outside' come from?

Why do so many places' names end with -ia'?

How did 'Peruvian brown' come about?

Why do the terms 'meta' and 'beta' pronounced differently?

What is the origin of the term 'pertinent'?

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Abbygail
Student • 11 months ago

PERTINENT - borrowed from French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, present participle of pertinere (''to extend, stretch out, belong, relate, pertain, have concern'') from per (''through''') + tenere (''to hold'').

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What is meant by 'yikes'? Where it come from?

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Abbygail
Student • 11 months ago

YIKES - exclamation of alarm or surprise, by 1953; perhaps from yoicks, a call in fox-hunting, attested from c. 1770.

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What does 'hand job' mean in 1800s?

How did 'security' come to mean 'tradable financial asset'? Who coined this meaning to the term?

What is the evolution of meaning of the phrase 'to treat'?

Where does 'haircut' come from?

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Abbygail
Student • 11 months ago

The Egyptians were the first to actually take a blade to their hair. The 180 degree haircut is rather simple. Its a procedure where you literally take the hair straight up and cut straight across creating a short to long layer. Mainly used on people with longer hair.

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