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Today's Word "Bonanza"
"In their window I spotted a small quartz specimen containing visible gold -- a sure sign of bonanza quality. On impulse, I bought it for a couple of dollars." -- Ray McCoy, 'Mickey: Neurosis Can be a Good Thing After All'
Today's word is Spanish bonanza "fair weather, prosperity, success" unadulterated. It comes from Medieval Latin bonacia "calm sea," based on Latin bonus "good." The Latin word "bonacia" was probably influenced by malacia "a calm sea," a word borrowed from Greek malakia, the noun from malakos "soft." "Bonus" went on to give us "boon," "bounty," "bonbon," and "debonair." It comes from a Proto-Indo-European root *dwo-n-/dwe-n- "to do, perform properly," which also appears in Latin as bene "well," which we find in "benefit," "beneficial," and "benevolent."
This news arrived on: 10/19/2004
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10-17-2008 16:28
merloni wrote:
MalaKa
hey ggeeeeees,
this came right out of m back stemcells!
Thanks to those of you who contributed in the past to this increadible and so instructive section.
Makes me think back to when my greek friend called..........................DMT (!!) 'bless his soul' was saying that word every so often that I kept a good memory of it !!
:)
bon vojage
this came right out of m back stemcells!
Thanks to those of you who contributed in the past to this increadible and so instructive section.
Makes me think back to when my greek friend called..........................DMT (!!) 'bless his soul' was saying that word every so often that I kept a good memory of it !!
:)
bon vojage
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