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Pertaining to etymology or the derivation of words...
Etymologize
To give the etymology of to trace to the root or primitive as a word...
Failure of justice
Failure of justice, Quite often the submission in a criminal Court is accentuated with the said expression. Perhaps it is too pliable or facile an expression which could be fitted in any situation of a case. The expression 'failure of justice' would appear, sometimes, as an etymological chameleon. The criminal Court, particularly the superior Court should make a close examination to ascertain whether there was really a failure of justice or whether it is only a camouflage, Shamnsaheb M Multtani v. State of Karnataka, (2001) 2 SCC 577: AIR 2001 SC 921 (925).See also State v. T. Venkatesh Murthy, (2004) 7 SCC 763.Would appear, sometimes, as an etymological chameleon, Town Investment Ltd. v. Deptt. of Environment, (1977) 1 All ER 813: 1978 AC 359: (1977) 2 WLR 450.Is too pliable or facile an expression, which could be fitted in any situation of a case, State v. T. Venkatesh Murthy, (2004) 7 SCC 763....
Beta
The second letter of the Greek alphabet B beta See B and cf etymology of Alphabet...
C
C is the third letter of the English alphabet It is from the Latin letter C which in old Latin represented the sounds of k and g in go its original value being the latter In Anglo Saxon words or Old English before the Norman Conquest it always has the sound of k The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek Gamma gamma and came from the Greek alphabet The Greeks got it from the Phoelignicians The English name of C is from the Latin name ce and was derived probably through the French Etymologically C is related to g h k q s and other sibilant sounds Examples of these relations are in L acutus E acute ague E acrid eager vinegar L cornu E horn E cat kitten E coy quiet L circare OF cerchier E search...
Etymologer
An etymologist...
Etymologicon
An etymological dictionary or manual...
Etymology
That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words tracing out their origin primitive significance and changes of form and meaning...
F
F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet and a nonvocal consonant Its form and sound are from the Latin The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma unr which probably had the value of English w consonant The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoelignician the ultimate source being probably Egyptian Etymologically f is most closely related to p k v and b as in E five Gr pente E wolf L lupus Gr lykos E fox vixen fragile break fruit brook v t E bear L ferre See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 178 179 188 198 230...
I
I the ninth letter of the English alphabet takes its form from the Phoelignician through the Latin and the Greek The Phoelignician letter was probably of Egyptian origin Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I or long e as in mete Etymologically I is most closely related to e y j g as in dint dent beverage L bibere E kin AS cynn E thin AS thornynne E dominion donjon dungeon...
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