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+ | * <span style="color:#095;">chore</span>, <span style="color:#509;">char(coal)</span> & <span style="color:#059;">ajar</span> are three or four words that come from the Old English verb "to turn": ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cierran#Old_English cierran]'' | ||
− | *puny -- comes from Fr. <i>puisné</i> meaning later-born. The original borrowing "puisne" is still in use in the British judiciary to indicate untitled judges on the Supreme Court for example: "The court is composed of the President and Deputy President and 10 <u>puisne</u> Justices of the Supreme Court." | + | |
+ | *puny -- comes from Fr. <i>puisné</i> meaning later-born. The original borrowing "puisne" is still in use in the British judiciary to indicate untitled judges on the Supreme Court for example: "The court is composed of the President and Deputy President and 10 <u>puisne</u> Justices of the Supreme Court." {{citation needed}} |
Revision as of 15:07, 17 August 2021
- chore, char(coal) & ajar are three or four words that come from the Old English verb "to turn": cierran
- puny -- comes from Fr. puisné meaning later-born. The original borrowing "puisne" is still in use in the British judiciary to indicate untitled judges on the Supreme Court for example: "The court is composed of the President and Deputy President and 10 puisne Justices of the Supreme Court." Template:Citation needed