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  1. History (6411 bytes)
    1: ...ng “relaying of an account.” It came from the Latin term “historia,” which means “narrative.”
  2. Animal (2543 bytes)
    1: ...nimal kingdom. The name ''animal'' comes from the Latin word animal. ''Animalia'' is the plural form whic...
  3. Art (3294 bytes)
    11: ...ish]], from Old [[French]], as well as from the [[Latin]] ars
  4. Transportation (322 bytes)
    1: ...''' or '''Transport''' is a term derived from the Latin words trans "across" and portare "to carry" and b...
  5. Amerigo Vespucci (2028 bytes)
    8: ...is world map in 1507. He took this name from the Latin form of Vespucci’s name, ''Americus Vespucius''...
  6. Color (2664 bytes)
    6: ...c Newton]] in [[1671]]. The word comes from the [[Latin]] word meaning ''“appearance''.”
  7. Liminality (1870 bytes)
    1: '''Liminality''', from the Latin ''līmen'', for threshold, is glossed as the [[ri...
  8. Vlax Romany language (731 bytes)
    2: ...e of the [[Romany alphabet]], which is based on [[Latin]] [[writing system|script]] and has 46 characters...
  9. Al-Nafis (2852 bytes)
    9: ...ation]]s of his work is two centuries later, to [[Latin]] in the mid-1500s. An extensive translation of h...
  10. Culture of Japan (2980 bytes)
    12: #[[Romanization of Japanese|Romaji]]: These are Latin Alphabets used in writing Japanese.
  11. Courtyard (3499 bytes)
    5: ...overed by glass within a building, comes from the Latin name for these spaces.
    7: ...Asia]]. In the [[Middle East]], they were the regulating feature in a home that involved moving activitie...
  12. Parthenon (2824 bytes)
    11: ...t became a Catholic Church of Our Lady during the Latin Empire. During this time, the internal columns an...
  13. Corporate nationalism (2523 bytes)
    1: ...ich has been embraced with particular fervor in [[Latin America]] and [[Asia]], is sometimes seen as a co...
  14. Sociology (4097 bytes)
    4: ... from the French société, which is based on the Latin words, “societas,” meaning “a friendly asso...
  15. Society (3845 bytes)
    2: ... from the French société, which is based on the Latin words, “societas,” meaning “a friendly asso...
  16. Code-switching (3199 bytes)
    5: ...l or [[jargon]]ish language with colleagues. In [[Latin America]]n countries, an indigenous person might ...
  17. Modern language (1375 bytes)
    1: ...and contrasted with classical languages such as [[Latin]], [[Classical Chinese]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Attic G...
  18. Kiss (1925 bytes)
    4: ...he air near one’s cheek (common in European and Latin American countries).
  19. Chastity (2243 bytes)
    1: ...e term '''chastity''' is loosely derived from the Latin word for “chaste” and originally meant having...
  20. Camera (4338 bytes)
    1: ...ing of sound. The word camera is derived from the Latin "camera obscura" i.e. "dark chamber" which refers...
  21. Silicon (3834 bytes)
    27: The word ‘silicon’ is derived from the Latin ‘silicis’, meaning flint, because of its abra...
  22. Editing (2387 bytes)
    4: ... to the Oxford English Dictionary, comes from the Latin word ditus, which means “to put forward.” In ...
  23. Sugar (2538 bytes)
    11: ...nited States, Caribbean nations, the Far East and Latin America. Typically the regions that produce sugar...
  24. Rubella (1960 bytes)
    3: ...othing to do with the country, but comes from the Latin "germanus" (similar), a name given to it due to t...
  25. Rabies (2491 bytes)
    1: '''Rabies''' got its name from the similar Latin word meaning ''rage''. Rabies can occur in almost...
  26. Vaccine (2344 bytes)
    3: The vaccine got its name from vaccinia, the Latin term denoting the pathogen agent that causes cowp...
  27. Nostradamus (3174 bytes)
    4: ...hecies in a mixture of languages (Greek, Italian, Latin & Provencal) replete with word play. These quatra...
  28. Oracle (1944 bytes)
    1: The term '''Oracle''' is derived from the Latin word orare meaning ‘to speak’. An oracle is a...
  29. Astrology (3220 bytes)
    7: ...ral, especially languages. The word disaster is a Latin word (dis-aster) which means ‘bad star’. Some...
    20: #Mundane astrology – Correlating astronomical and ecological phenomena.
  30. Opera (2604 bytes)
    5: If you translate the word “Opera” from Latin, you will find out that it means “Words”. A ...
  31. Emotion (1979 bytes)
    1: ...e in its origin, however, as it is made up of two Latin words – ex, which means outward and motio, whic...
  32. Arrested Development (2575 bytes)
    13: ...e broadcasting networks. In the United States and Latin America the show is aired by Rupert Murdoch’s F...
  33. Friends (4029 bytes)
    5: ...Joey Tribbiani (Matt Le Blanc) is a stereotypical Latin lothario with a struggling acting career and more...
  34. Calligraphy (1862 bytes)
    13: The introduction of Christianity to the Latin language spurred a large evolution of writing for...
  35. English language (2291 bytes)
    10: English uses Latin alphabets and the written English is not phonetic...
  36. Music genre (2191 bytes)
    11: * Latin American – also known as simply Latino; it originated in the African-American community...
  37. Braille (2208 bytes)
    23: [[Category:Latin alphabet representations]]
  38. Domotics (2064 bytes)
    1: ...elf is a portmanteau word and it derives from the Latin term for house (domus) and informatics.
  39. Sacred language (1837 bytes)
    5: ...official language, the Roman Catholic Church uses Latin which is an ancient Indo-European language that w...
    11: ...language in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism and as Latin is to Western Europe so Sanskrit is to India and ...
  40. Esperanto (2242 bytes)
    13: ...enty-eight word alphabet is basically that of the Latin with a few modifications.
  41. Nazi symbolism (1672 bytes)
    10: * Fasces is the Latin root on which the word fascism is based. It is a ...
  42. Early modern English (1946 bytes)
    7: ... were beginning to be held in English rather that Latin, were also influential in the standardizing of En...
  43. Absinthe (3103 bytes)
    3: The name absinthe stems from the Latin word ‘absinthium’ meaning wormwood. This anis...
  44. Apéritif (2023 bytes)
    1: ...r served with this drink. The term stems from the Latin verb aperire meaning ‘to open’. It is so name...
    17: Spain and some Latin American countries also commonly serve and consum...
  45. Hymn (2198 bytes)
    6: ...ants and plainsongs, which were mainly written in Latin and only after centuries translated in other lang...
  46. Averroes (3389 bytes)
    15: ...ings were translated into many languages, such as Latin, English, Hebrew and German. According to the Fre...
    19: ... thought by monastic scholars. It was through the Latin translations of Averroes's work beginning in the ...
    23: ...ntaries on philosophy could be found in Hebrew or Latin translation, while only a few are found in the or...
  47. Vaccination (2612 bytes)
    5: ...the first vaccines were derived from cows and the Latin term for “cow” is “vacca”. Much later Lo...
    7: ...s developed in 1796; however, the concept of inoculating someone against disease is believed to have orig...
  48. Peace Corps (2150 bytes)
    1: ... thousands of Americans to different countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Since its inception 45...
  49. Diary (1982 bytes)
    7: Diary perhaps has its root in the Latin word “dies” meaning day or diaria meaning day...
  50. Adobe Acrobat (1808 bytes)
    5: ...le languages, including those that do not use the Latin alphabet. It can use Hebrew, Arabic, Thai and Vie...
  51. Souvenir (1843 bytes)
    13: The term ‘memorabilia’ (comes from a Latin word meaning ‘memorable) is sometimes used as a...
  52. South America (2769 bytes)
    12: ...only to the countries whose language derives from Latin (Spanish, Portughese and French)
  53. September (1359 bytes)
    1: ...lendar and has 30 days. Its name derives from the Latin “septem”, which means “seven”. This is be...
  54. Bankruptcy (3340 bytes)
    2: Word bankrupt derives from Latin words bancus (bench), and ruptus (break) and came...
  55. Armistice (1792 bytes)
    1: ...hting. The root of the word may be traced to the Latin words ‘arma’ and ‘stitium’ meaning weapon...
  56. Soldier (2282 bytes)
    1: The word '''Soldier''' has its root in an old Latin word, ‘solidarius’, meaning someone who is pa...
  57. Amateur (1473 bytes)
    3: ...e term derives from a French form of the word’s Latin root, meaning “lover of”. To this extent, the...
  58. Terrier (1641 bytes)
    4: ...low ground. The word terrier comes from the early Latin word ‘’terra’’, which of course, means ea...
  59. Albus Dumbledore (3303 bytes)
    3: ...ics. The name ‘Albus’ has been derived from a Latin term meaning “white” and all that is pure. Hi...
  60. Draco Malfoy (3162 bytes)
    3: The name is derived from a Latin term meaning ‘dragon’ and the surname Malfoy,...
  61. Political risk insurance (1578 bytes)
    7: #countries in Latin America;
  62. Douglas Iris (1616 bytes)
    1: ...niana, although Iris douglasiana is it’s proper Latin name.
  63. Colonies (2163 bytes)
    16: The term colony has its root in the Latin word colonia meaning an area for agricultural act...
  64. Veteran (2256 bytes)
    3: The term comes from Latin meaning old. Therefore, it is also a term that i...
  65. Photography (4126 bytes)
    9: ... employed a device called a ‘camera obscura’, Latin for ‘dark room’. This was a box having a pinh...
  66. Wall (1987 bytes)
    1: ...uilding. The term wall has been derived from the Latin word vallum which means a fortification wall.
  67. Prawn (1658 bytes)
    6: .... The term has also been falsely connected to the Latin term perna, meaning ham-shaped shellfish. The Old...
  68. Headphones (2654 bytes)
    16: ...r ‘above’ and ‘aural’ is derived from the Latin word ‘auris’, meaning ear. Supra-aural headph...
    19: Circumaural is derived from two Latin words which mean ‘around the ear’. This type ...
  69. Alcohol (8142 bytes)
    6: ...at by sublimation. This derived from the Medieval Latin alcohol ("powdered ore of antimony"), originating...
  70. Pirate (11911 bytes)
    29: ...f filibusters, adventurers who became involved in Latin American revolutions and coups. It finally came t...
    33: ...he European word. Corsair comes from the medieval Latin cursa, meaning "raid, expedition, inroad".
    37: The Latin term pirata -- from which the English "pirate" is...
  71. Genocide (3755 bytes)
    1: ...ch comes from the Greek words “genos” and the Latin word “cide”, literally means “to kill a tri...
    7: ...s that is aimed at ultimately destroying or annihilating them
  72. Alphabet (4287 bytes)
    21: ...lic and Roman alphabets, descended from Greek and Latin.
    22: ... of a word, while that could not be the case with Latin.
    28: ...to right in Western and European languages, where Latin and Cyrillic alphabets are used.
  73. Photolithography (2881 bytes)
    1: ...The word literally means "light stone writing" in Latin.
    6: ... scientist William Talbot developed dichromated gelatin. The first negative and positive photoresists wer...
  74. Statistics (3997 bytes)
    12: ...s probably derived from German ‘statistik’ or Latin ‘status’, each of which means ‘state’.
    14: ...nt times when governments began collecting data relating to the population and wealth of their countries....
  75. Sony (2859 bytes)
    8: ...pany in 1958. The word “Sony” was formed from Latin "sonus" which is the root of English words like s...
  76. Wage (3479 bytes)
    11: ...shoots of the Gothic term ’wadi’ and the Late Latin term ’wadium’. All these terms basically impl...
  77. Ruby (3362 bytes)
    1: '''Ruby''' is derived from the Latin word 'ruber' or 'rubrum', meaning red, and it is ...
  78. Architect (2518 bytes)
    4: The word "architect" is derived from the Latin architectus and from the Greek arkhitekton. In th...
  79. August (1678 bytes)
    7: ...tus was renamed August, it was called Sextilis in Latin language, since it was the sixth month in the Rom...
  80. Cake (band) (1792 bytes)
    20: ...uding The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, De La Soul, Latin techno band Kinky and the bluegrass group The Hac...
  81. Latino (1963 bytes)
    1: ...t has been used to describe and refer to those of Latin America and that have the same cultural beliefs a...
    4: ==Latino and Hispanic==
    5: ...outh America and is referred to as Latin America. Latinos are of any ethnic descent that share a common S...
    12: The base religion of most Latinos is devoted Roman Catholics. The have the same t...
    19: ...t. That is one of the other defining factors with Latinos, they share Spanish heritage, but have also evo...
  82. Constellations (1982 bytes)
    26: Proper Latin names or words are used in all constellation name...
  83. Fusion cuisine (1871 bytes)
    17: ... Mexican cuisine, Latin and Moroccan cuisine, and Latin and Japanese cuisine,
  84. Crepe (1659 bytes)
    1: ...erries, or blueberries. The word crepe comes from Latin which means to shrink. The main ingredients in cr...

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