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What do you call the addition of a consonant between the root word and the diminutive suffix in Spanish?

31 upvotes • Davidjb7

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What part of speech is 'him'?

28 upvotes • ApartVolume2590

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Looking for examples of words, with multiple current senses developed over history, where the oldest (historically) sense 'feels' the most derived, and the most recent sense 'feels' the most original or basic

27 upvotes • BlaXoriZe

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What is the origin of the word 'Nerd' and was there any period when it was not derogatory?

26 upvotes • AuthorOfEclipse

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Where does the addition of “-ness”to the end of words to describe another word originate?

25 upvotes • smittywrbermanjensen

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Discomfort / uncomfortable

18 upvotes • sparrowflyingsouth

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Where does the word “pookums” come from (as in the pet name) and is it related to the word “pookie”?

17 upvotes • imgayfortaro

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Is there a word (in any language) for the feeling when you find a perfectly sized jar or container for the amount of stuff you are decanting?

16 upvotes • ImprovementMoney922

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What Was the Original Usages of Ancestor?

15 upvotes • Aikoiya

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etymology of the word hotot???

14 upvotes • tappatz

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What do you call the addition of a consonant between the root word and the diminutive suffix in Spanish?	31	Davidjb7
What part of speech is 'him'?	28	ApartVolume2590
Looking for examples of words, with multiple current senses developed over history, where the oldest (historically) sense 'feels' the most derived, and the most recent sense 'feels' the most original or basic	27	BlaXoriZe
What is the origin of the word 'Nerd' and was there any period when it was not derogatory?	26	AuthorOfEclipse
Where does the addition of “-ness”to the end of words to describe another word originate?	25	smittywrbermanjensen
Discomfort / uncomfortable	18	sparrowflyingsouth
Where does the word “pookums” come from (as in the pet name) and is it related to the word “pookie”?	17	imgayfortaro
Is there a word (in any language) for the feeling when you find a perfectly sized jar or container for the amount of stuff you are decanting?	16	ImprovementMoney922
What Was the Original Usages of Ancestor?	15	Aikoiya
etymology of the word hotot???	14	tappatz