quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- appendices (n.)




- proper Latin plural of appendix.
- apprenticeship (n.)




- 1590s, from apprentice (n.) + -ship. Replaced earlier apprenticehood (late 14c., with -hood).
- auspices (n.)




- plural (and now the usual form) of auspice; 1530s, "observation of birds for the purpose of taking omens," from French auspice (14c.), from Latin auspicum "divination from the flight of birds; function of an auspex" (q.v.). Meaning "any indication of the future (especially favorable)" is from 1650s; earlier (1630s) in extended sense of "benevolent influence of greater power, influence exerted on behalf of someone or something," originally in expression under the auspices of.
- indices (n.)




- according to OED, the plural form of index preferable in scientific and mathematical senses of that word.
- Leicester




- Ligera ceaster (early 10c.) "Roman Town of the People Called Ligore," a tribal name, of unknown origin. For second element, see Chester.
- varices (n.)




- plural of varix "dilated vein" (c. 1400), from PIE root *wer- (1) "high raised spot or other bodily infirmity" (see vary (v.)).