Rotating Quiz #236 -- etymology

Dan Tilque

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Oct 21, 2016, 1:02:34 AM10/21/16

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Welcome to Rotating Quiz #236. The usual rules apply.

This quiz ends Monday, 2016-10-24 sometime in the evening my time.

Part 1. General etymology.

Sometimes words have an original meaning in some language, then acquire
an additional meaning that's not closely related to the first (it's
usually figurative), and then English borrows the word but only with the
second meaning. Most of these words are like that. First here's the
original meanings:

beak kingfisher quill
calm sea lightning sea foam
first little tongues stiffness
ghost to make a bottle whirlpool

Your job, of course, is to match the above meanings with the words
below. To make things a bit easier, there are no dummy meanings.

1. bonanza
2. eclair
3. fiasco
4. halcyon
5. larva
6. linguini
7. meershaum
8. penne
9. proton
10. rostrum
11. strudel
12. torpedo

Hint: all these words were borrowed from European languages, and I
believe all of them are still words in those languages with the same
spelling, modulo a transliteration or two.

Part 2. Latin 1st-person, singular verbs.

There's a few English words borrowed from Latin 1st-person singular
verbs. All of them end with -o, which is the Latin inflection for that
part of speech. I couldn't find enough to fill this section, so I added
some others where the origin is closely related to a Latin verb and the
word is spelled the same as the verb (the definitions for these are
marked with an *). First the verbs, this time with some dummy answers.

audio gusto placebo studio
cameo incognito proviso turbo
canto innuendo radio vertigo
credo lavabo ratio veto
curio limbo stereo video
gazebo lingo

Match those with these meanings:

13. I believe
14. I disturb*
15. I forbid
16. I gleam*
17. I hear
18. I lick*
19. I look out for*
20. I see
21. I sing
22. I taste*
23. I will please
24. I will wash

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Dan Tilque

Mark Brader

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Oct 21, 2016, 1:55:17 AM10/21/16

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Dan Tilque:
> Part 1. General etymology...

> 1. bonanza

Kingfisher?

> 2. eclair

Lightning.

> 3. fiasco

To make a bottle.

> 4. halcyon

Calm sea.

> 5. larva

Stiffness?

> 6. linguini

Little tongues.

> 7. meershaum

Sea foam.

> 8. penne

Quill>

> 9. proton

First.

> 10. rostrum

Beak.

> 11. strudel

Whirlpool.

> 12. torpedo

Ghost?

> Part 2. Latin 1st-person, singular verbs...

> 13. I believe

Credo.

> 14. I disturb*

Turbo.

> 15. I forbid

Veto.

> 16. I gleam*

Cameo.

> 17. I hear

Audio.

> 18. I lick*

Lingo.

> 19. I look out for*

Gazebo.

> 20. I see

Video.

> 21. I sing

Canto.

> 22. I taste*

Gusto.

> 23. I will please

Placebo.

> 24. I will wash

Lavabo.

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Dan Blum

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Oct 21, 2016, 9:57:47 AM10/21/16

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Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com> wrote:

> Part 1. General etymology.

> 1. bonanza

kingfisher

> 2. eclair

to make a bottle

> 3. fiasco

stiffness

> 4. halcyon

calm sea

> 5. larva

ghost

> 6. linguini

little tongues

> 7. meershaum

sea foam

> 8. penne

quill

> 9. proton

first

> 10. rostrum

beak

> 11. strudel

whirlpool

> 12. torpedo

lightning

> Part 2. Latin 1st-person, singular verbs.

> 13. I believe

credo

> 14. I disturb*

turbo

> 15. I forbid

veto

> 16. I gleam*

radio

> 17. I hear

audio

> 18. I lick*

lingo

> 19. I look out for*

curio

> 20. I see

video

> 21. I sing

canto

> 22. I taste*

cameo

> 23. I will please

placebo

> 24. I will wash

lavabo

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Marc Dashevsky

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Oct 21, 2016, 11:11:06 AM10/21/16

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In article <nuc7gk$n8h$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...

> studio cameo incognito proviso turbo

> innuendo radio ratio
> curio limbo stereo gazebo

>
>
> Match those with these meanings:
>
> 13. I believe

credo

> 14. I disturb*
vertigo

> 15. I forbid
veto?

> 16. I gleam*
radio

> 17. I hear
audio

> 18. I lick*
lingo

> 19. I look out for*

gazebo

> 20. I see
video

> 21. I sing
canto

> 22. I taste*

gusto

> 23. I will please
placebo

> 24. I will wash
lavabo

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Erland Sommarskog

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Oct 21, 2016, 3:36:29 PM10/21/16

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Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> 1. bonanza

whirlpool

> 2. eclair

lightning

> 3. fiasco

to make a bottle

> 4. halcyon

ghost

> 5. larva

quill

> 6. linguini

little toungues

> 7. meershaum

sea foam

> 8. penne

stiffness

> 9. proton

first

> 10. rostrum

calm sea

> 11. strudel

beak

> 12. torpedo

kingfisher

> Match those with these meanings:
>
> 13. I believe

credo

> 14. I disturb*

turbo

> 15. I forbid

veto

> 16. I gleam*

radio

> 17. I hear

audio

> 18. I lick*

lingo

> 19. I look out for*

studio

> 20. I see

video

> 21. I sing

canto

> 22. I taste*

gusto

> 23. I will please

placebo

> 24. I will wash

lavabo

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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Oct 21, 2016, 4:08:02 PM10/21/16

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On 2016-10-20, Dan Tilque wrote:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz #236. The usual rules apply.
>
> This quiz ends Monday, 2016-10-24 sometime in the evening my time.
>
> Part 1. General etymology.
>
> Sometimes words have an original meaning in some language, then acquire
> an additional meaning that's not closely related to the first (it's
> usually figurative), and then English borrows the word but only with the
> second meaning. Most of these words are like that. First here's the
> original meanings:
>
>
> beak kingfisher quill
> calm sea lightning sea foam
> first little tongues stiffness
> ghost to make a bottle whirlpool
>
>
> Your job, of course, is to match the above meanings with the words
> below. To make things a bit easier, there are no dummy meanings.
>
> 1. bonanza

quill

> 2. eclair

calm sea

> 3. fiasco

first

> 4. halcyon

kingfisher

> 5. larva

ghost

> 6. linguini

little tongues

> 7. meershaum

sea foam

> 8. penne

to make a bottle

> 9. proton

lightning

> 10. rostrum

beak

> 11. strudel

stiffness

> 12. torpedo

whirlpool

> Hint: all these words were borrowed from European languages, and I
> believe all of them are still words in those languages with the same
> spelling, modulo a transliteration or two.
>
>
> Part 2. Latin 1st-person, singular verbs.
>
> There's a few English words borrowed from Latin 1st-person singular
> verbs. All of them end with -o, which is the Latin inflection for that
> part of speech. I couldn't find enough to fill this section, so I added
> some others where the origin is closely related to a Latin verb and the
> word is spelled the same as the verb (the definitions for these are
> marked with an *). First the verbs, this time with some dummy answers.
>
>
> audio gusto placebo studio
> cameo incognito proviso turbo
> canto innuendo radio vertigo
> credo lavabo ratio veto
> curio limbo stereo video
> gazebo lingo
>
>
> Match those with these meanings:
>
> 13. I believe

credo

> 14. I disturb*

turbo

> 15. I forbid

veto

> 16. I gleam*

curio

> 17. I hear

audio

> 18. I lick*

lingo

> 19. I look out for*

studio

> 20. I see

video

> 21. I sing

canto

> 22. I taste*

gusto

> 23. I will please

placebo

> 24. I will wash

lavabo

--

Chris F.A. Johnson

Dan Tilque

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Oct 24, 2016, 1:27:26 AM10/24/16

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Reminder: this quiz ends tomorrow evening.

Dan Tilque

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Oct 24, 2016, 11:14:58 PM10/24/16

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Dan Tilque wrote:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz #236. The usual rules apply.
>
> This quiz ends Monday, 2016-10-24 sometime in the evening my time.
>
> Part 1. General etymology.
>
> Sometimes words have an original meaning in some language, then acquire
> an additional meaning that's not closely related to the first (it's
> usually figurative), and then English borrows the word but only with the
> second meaning. Most of these words are like that. First here's the
> original meanings:
>
>
> beak kingfisher quill
> calm sea lightning sea foam
> first little tongues stiffness
> ghost to make a bottle whirlpool
>
>
> Your job, of course, is to match the above meanings with the words
> below. To make things a bit easier, there are no dummy meanings.
>
> 1. bonanza

calm sea (Spanish)

> 2. eclair

lightning (French)

> 3. fiasco

to make a bottle (Italian)

> 4. halcyon

kingfisher (Greek)

> 5. larva

ghost (Latin)

> 6. linguini

little tongues (Italian)

> 7. meershaum

sea foam (German)

> 8. penne

quill (Italian)

> 9. proton

first (Greek)

> 10. rostrum

beak (Latin)

> 11. strudel

whirlpool (German)

> 12. torpedo

stiffness (Latin)

>
> Hint: all these words were borrowed from European languages, and I
> believe all of them are still words in those languages with the same
> spelling, modulo a transliteration or two.
>
>
> Part 2. Latin 1st-person, singular verbs.
>
> There's a few English words borrowed from Latin 1st-person singular
> verbs. All of them end with -o, which is the Latin inflection for that
> part of speech. I couldn't find enough to fill this section, so I added
> some others where the origin is closely related to a Latin verb and the
> word is spelled the same as the verb (the definitions for these are
> marked with an *). First the verbs, this time with some dummy answers.
>
>
> audio gusto placebo studio
> cameo incognito proviso turbo
> canto innuendo radio vertigo
> credo lavabo ratio veto
> curio limbo stereo video
> gazebo lingo
>
>
> Match those with these meanings:
>
> 13. I believe

credo

> 14. I disturb*

turbo

> 15. I forbid

veto

> 16. I gleam*

radio

> 17. I hear

audio

> 18. I lick*

lingo

> 19. I look out for*

proviso

(surprised no one got this one)

> 20. I see

video

> 21. I sing

canto

> 22. I taste*

gusto

> 23. I will please

placebo

> 24. I will wash

lavabo

Scores:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 T
---------------------------------------------------
Mark B. 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 18
Dan B. 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17
Erland 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 16
Chris 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 15
Marc D. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10

Interesting set of scores. Marc would have done much better if he hadn't
skipped the first part, even if he was just guessing. Come on, Marc,
couldn't you have gotten 4 right to make all the totals sequential?

Anyway, Mark Brader is the winner. Congratulations. And over to you for
RQ #237.

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Dan Tilque

Mark Brader

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Oct 25, 2016, 12:20:49 AM10/25/16

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Dan Tilque:
> > 16. I gleam*
> radio

Oh, I get it now!

> Interesting set of scores. Marc would have done much better if he hadn't
> skipped the first part, even if he was just guessing. Come on, Marc,
> couldn't you have gotten 4 right to make all the totals sequential?

Good point!

> Anyway, Mark Brader is the winner. Congratulations. And over to you for
> RQ #237.

Thanks, and all right.
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Marc Dashevsky

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Oct 25, 2016, 12:44:39 AM10/25/16

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In article <numimr$ged$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...

> Interesting set of scores. Marc would have done much better if he hadn't
> skipped the first part, even if he was just guessing. Come on, Marc,
> couldn't you have gotten 4 right to make all the totals sequential?

I simply didn't see the first set until I was looking at the other entries.
I must have been pretty distracted.