What does the “word origin” mean?
I have a dictionary app that lists “Word Origin” in the entry. The word origin values I’ve seen have been XXXAX, XXXBX and XXXCX. What do those letters represent?
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The app:
You can also see a number of examples here.
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I have a dictionary app that lists “Word Origin” in the entry. The word origin values I’ve seen have been XXXAX, XXXBX and XXXCX. What do those letters represent?
Update: a screenshot for reference
The app:
You can also see a number of examples here.
dictionary origin
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Welcome to the site! More details would help here: What app is it? Is it a Latin dictionary? Can we see a sample dictionary entry? It's much easier to judge when one sees a bigger picture.
– Joonas Ilmavirta♦
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Good idea, thanks!
– AaronM
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I have a dictionary app that lists “Word Origin” in the entry. The word origin values I’ve seen have been XXXAX, XXXBX and XXXCX. What do those letters represent?
Update: a screenshot for reference
The app:
You can also see a number of examples here.
dictionary origin
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I have a dictionary app that lists “Word Origin” in the entry. The word origin values I’ve seen have been XXXAX, XXXBX and XXXCX. What do those letters represent?
Update: a screenshot for reference
The app:
You can also see a number of examples here.
dictionary origin
dictionary origin
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Welcome to the site! More details would help here: What app is it? Is it a Latin dictionary? Can we see a sample dictionary entry? It's much easier to judge when one sees a bigger picture.
– Joonas Ilmavirta♦
4 hours ago
Good idea, thanks!
– AaronM
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Welcome to the site! More details would help here: What app is it? Is it a Latin dictionary? Can we see a sample dictionary entry? It's much easier to judge when one sees a bigger picture.
– Joonas Ilmavirta♦
4 hours ago
Good idea, thanks!
– AaronM
4 hours ago
Welcome to the site! More details would help here: What app is it? Is it a Latin dictionary? Can we see a sample dictionary entry? It's much easier to judge when one sees a bigger picture.
– Joonas Ilmavirta♦
4 hours ago
Welcome to the site! More details would help here: What app is it? Is it a Latin dictionary? Can we see a sample dictionary entry? It's much easier to judge when one sees a bigger picture.
– Joonas Ilmavirta♦
4 hours ago
Good idea, thanks!
– AaronM
4 hours ago
Good idea, thanks!
– AaronM
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I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that you're using Whitaker's Words, since those look like Whitaker's origin codes.
Each letter in the code indicates something about the word: in order, they're AGE, AREA, GEO, FREQ, and SOURCE. The first indicates how early or late the word is attested; the second indicates what general topic it's related to; the third indicates where in the world the word was found; the fourth indicates how frequently the word appears in corpora; the fifth indicates which source Whitaker took the word from.
For all of them, a value of X means "not known" or "not applicable". So none of the words you've been looking at are associated with a specific time period, area of interest, or region, and Whitaker didn't note his sources for them. But the fourth letter tells you roughly how common the stem in question is: A is more common than B, B than C, and so on.
A full description of all the abbreviations and their meaning can be found here.
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That does seem to be it! Thank you!
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I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that you're using Whitaker's Words, since those look like Whitaker's origin codes.
Each letter in the code indicates something about the word: in order, they're AGE, AREA, GEO, FREQ, and SOURCE. The first indicates how early or late the word is attested; the second indicates what general topic it's related to; the third indicates where in the world the word was found; the fourth indicates how frequently the word appears in corpora; the fifth indicates which source Whitaker took the word from.
For all of them, a value of X means "not known" or "not applicable". So none of the words you've been looking at are associated with a specific time period, area of interest, or region, and Whitaker didn't note his sources for them. But the fourth letter tells you roughly how common the stem in question is: A is more common than B, B than C, and so on.
A full description of all the abbreviations and their meaning can be found here.
answered 4 hours ago
DraconisDraconis
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That does seem to be it! Thank you!
– AaronM
4 hours ago
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I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that you're using Whitaker's Words, since those look like Whitaker's origin codes.
Each letter in the code indicates something about the word: in order, they're AGE, AREA, GEO, FREQ, and SOURCE. The first indicates how early or late the word is attested; the second indicates what general topic it's related to; the third indicates where in the world the word was found; the fourth indicates how frequently the word appears in corpora; the fifth indicates which source Whitaker took the word from.
For all of them, a value of X means "not known" or "not applicable". So none of the words you've been looking at are associated with a specific time period, area of interest, or region, and Whitaker didn't note his sources for them. But the fourth letter tells you roughly how common the stem in question is: A is more common than B, B than C, and so on.
A full description of all the abbreviations and their meaning can be found here.
answered 4 hours ago
DraconisDraconis
16.8k22172
That does seem to be it! Thank you!
– AaronM
4 hours ago
add a comment |
I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that you're using Whitaker's Words, since those look like Whitaker's origin codes.
Each letter in the code indicates something about the word: in order, they're AGE, AREA, GEO, FREQ, and SOURCE. The first indicates how early or late the word is attested; the second indicates what general topic it's related to; the third indicates where in the world the word was found; the fourth indicates how frequently the word appears in corpora; the fifth indicates which source Whitaker took the word from.
For all of them, a value of X means "not known" or "not applicable". So none of the words you've been looking at are associated with a specific time period, area of interest, or region, and Whitaker didn't note his sources for them. But the fourth letter tells you roughly how common the stem in question is: A is more common than B, B than C, and so on.
A full description of all the abbreviations and their meaning can be found here.
answered 4 hours ago
DraconisDraconis
16.8k22172
I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that you're using Whitaker's Words, since those look like Whitaker's origin codes.
Each letter in the code indicates something about the word: in order, they're AGE, AREA, GEO, FREQ, and SOURCE. The first indicates how early or late the word is attested; the second indicates what general topic it's related to; the third indicates where in the world the word was found; the fourth indicates how frequently the word appears in corpora; the fifth indicates which source Whitaker took the word from.
For all of them, a value of X means "not known" or "not applicable". So none of the words you've been looking at are associated with a specific time period, area of interest, or region, and Whitaker didn't note his sources for them. But the fourth letter tells you roughly how common the stem in question is: A is more common than B, B than C, and so on.
A full description of all the abbreviations and their meaning can be found here.
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That does seem to be it! Thank you!
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That does seem to be it! Thank you!
– AaronM
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That does seem to be it! Thank you!
– AaronM
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That does seem to be it! Thank you!
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Welcome to the site! More details would help here: What app is it? Is it a Latin dictionary? Can we see a sample dictionary entry? It's much easier to judge when one sees a bigger picture.
– Joonas Ilmavirta♦
4 hours ago
Good idea, thanks!
– AaronM
4 hours ago