confession

Christler Segovia: ai
sid_villa: ow....
Christler Segovia: ew
sid_villa: lala...
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: sbng na bla
Christler Segovia: lku dan hmuon d po
sid_villa: hmmmm...
sid_villa: d ku balo mag sugod...
Christler Segovia: ahha
Christler Segovia: t anu lg?
Christler Segovia: about wat aw?
sid_villa: la man ahhh....
sid_villa: senseless ahh...
sid_villa: mangkut ku, mz mu man hi skul?
Christler Segovia: amu na imu topic?
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: hi skul?
Christler Segovia: yeah
Christler Segovia: talga
sid_villa: medyo....
sid_villa: ok
sid_villa: ok
Christler Segovia: gus2 gni namun mag blik da
Christler Segovia: haaya
sid_villa: ahai...
Christler Segovia: nga aw?
sid_villa: rehuz guid ta ie...
Christler Segovia: nga a sid aw?
Christler Segovia: i miss nga ung mga moments ng hiskul eh
sid_villa: basta ahhh....waaaaaaa....
sid_villa: 3rd yer ta nag cmnuh...
sid_villa: huya huya kap toh...
Christler Segovia: gane
Christler Segovia: xemper
Christler Segovia: mugid nayah
sid_villa: hmmmm....
Christler Segovia: mau tne kung wai ko nag halin sg 2ndyear kai
sid_villa: recol ku pa nasunlog ka namun norlin...
sid_villa: haha
Christler Segovia: nga?
Christler Segovia: haaay
Christler Segovia: un nga eh
Christler Segovia: nkakamis
Christler Segovia:
Christler Segovia: ngaun
sid_villa: nga crush ka namun;./...
sid_villa: hahaha
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: sbng ya
Christler Segovia: d nanah ma hmu
Christler Segovia: ambot lg kng mahmu pah
Christler Segovia: haaay
sid_villa: guid ie....
Christler Segovia: kung mahmu pa teh ayus eh
Christler Segovia: is thesame
sid_villa: guid ie....
Christler Segovia: haaay
sid_villa: duwa pa daan ang special ku xng hi skul...
sid_villa: haha
sid_villa: pro sng hi skul paman,,,
Christler Segovia: cnu ang isa?
Christler Segovia: waaaah
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaa,,,,
sid_villa: kilala mu ang isa aw?
sid_villa: haha
Christler Segovia: nd nga eh
sid_villa: hmmm....
sid_villa: secret ku lng na ya ang isa...
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: waaaaah
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: cge lg
Christler Segovia: ok lg
Christler Segovia: cge lg
sid_villa: pro ang isa bal an mu na na ah,,,,
Christler Segovia: wa
Christler Segovia: cnu aw?
Christler Segovia: clasmate ta?
sid_villa: waaaaaaa....guid ie,,,
Christler Segovia: wa
sid_villa: pro hi skul pa man to ya ahh...
Christler Segovia: xemper laki
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
sid_villa: xemper ie....waaaaaaa liwat,,,
Christler Segovia: ahahah
Christler Segovia: apol?
Christler Segovia: ??
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaa
Christler Segovia: jonooo????
Christler Segovia: waaaaa
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaaa
sid_villa: haha
sid_villa:
Christler Segovia: apol gid eh?
Christler Segovia: waaaa
Christler Segovia:
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaa
sid_villa: secret....ang isa...
Christler Segovia: dmu pag sugid kag
Christler Segovia: wahaha
Christler Segovia: d man ya eh
sid_villa: hahaha
sid_villa: c derwin ya matyag mu na xa sa akon sng hi skul?
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: huh?
sid_villa: matyag mu lng ya bla,,,
Christler Segovia: cmu?
sid_villa: waaaa
Christler Segovia: nga?
sid_villa: yup2x...
Christler Segovia: xemper agi
Christler Segovia: waaah
Christler Segovia: ok lg cid
sid_villa: ahai....
Christler Segovia: i know nmn ung mga Shemale eh
Christler Segovia: ganun tlga ung mga bakla
sid_villa: hahah,,,,,
Christler Segovia: fyt2 til the end of life
sid_villa: bakla ka aw....
sid_villa: fyt2x guid ya? haha
Christler Segovia: ikaw mo
Christler Segovia: bakla
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: matyag ko man bala cmu
Christler Segovia: ai
sid_villa: hahahaha....
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaa.....
sid_villa: lain man ya pag intiendi mung...
Christler Segovia: waaaa
Christler Segovia: anu man
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: c derwin ya matyag mu na xa sa akon sng hi skul?
Christler Segovia: teh anu matyag ko cmu
Christler Segovia: muna bal mo oh
sid_villa: i mean anu c derwin para xa akon xng hi skul ya?
sid_villa: muna ya,,,,
sid_villa: haha
Christler Segovia: waaa
Christler Segovia: dku gets gyapon
Christler Segovia: ga pinitla ko
Christler Segovia: waaa
sid_villa: waaaaaaaa
Christler Segovia: anu man
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
sid_villa: la na....
Christler Segovia: jowq ah
sid_villa: sa opinyon u...
sid_villa: matyag mu lng...
Christler Segovia: nga?
Christler Segovia: anu ka?
sid_villa: nu tka ya sang h.s ya ayt...
sid_villa: hahahaha
Christler Segovia: ara gale
Christler Segovia: waaaaaah
sid_villa: d gapon getz...
Christler Segovia: kai daw ka lau2 ya sang gin hmbal mo
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: xa akon
Christler Segovia: waaa
sid_villa: hmmmm...
sid_villa: dats it
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: anu muko aw?
Christler Segovia: aahaha
Christler Segovia: ara na cmu ya
Christler Segovia: wai sakun waaa
Christler Segovia: para sakun clasmate
sid_villa: hahahaha
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: minsan dra ko na kilala c Norlyn
sid_villa: matyag lng gani,,,
Christler Segovia: haaaai
Christler Segovia: agi eh
Christler Segovia: waaah
sid_villa: chakto ka guid da,,,,
sid_villa: evolution of luv...
Christler Segovia: KORECK
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: haaay
Christler Segovia: kung wai ka guro
Christler Segovia: wai ko man na kilala c Bord
Christler Segovia:
sid_villa: tru
sid_villa: tru
sid_villa: tru
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: haaay
sid_villa: hai,,,,,
sid_villa: ka cute cmuh ahhhh....
Christler Segovia: ara naman
Christler Segovia: daw into
Christler Segovia: laku di kwarta
sid_villa: nd aw....
sid_villa: na cutan man guid ku ya...
sid_villa: hahahaha
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: anu nkita mo sakun aaw?
Christler Segovia: bskan mango ni na cutan ka?
sid_villa: la na ya da ahhh....
sid_villa: itz over all...
Christler Segovia: t dn b
sid_villa: being u...
Christler Segovia: gin anu taka sid aw?
Christler Segovia: nga a muna
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: waaa
sid_villa: ambot gani ahhhh....
sid_villa: ambal nila d ka kuno cute...
Christler Segovia: cnu nag hmbal
Christler Segovia: ahaha
sid_villa: pro xakun cute ka guid ya...
Christler Segovia: d gid man ya
Christler Segovia: cmu lg?
Christler Segovia: te kaw mlg ya isa
Christler Segovia: haaay
Christler Segovia: ok gl
Christler Segovia: mau gne kai may isa pa
Christler Segovia: kay sa wala
sid_villa: may ara man ie...
sid_villa: cute ka man gid..
sid_villa: pati lng bla,,.,,
sid_villa: biskan d ka taas...
Christler Segovia: ma taas pani
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: dugay pku mag 21
Christler Segovia: weeeeh
sid_villa: hahahaha
sid_villa: bakasi,.,,,
Christler Segovia: just see it
sid_villa: hahaha
sid_villa: cute ka! period....
Christler Segovia: ahahaa
Christler Segovia: bc gus2 mu lg ko?
Christler Segovia: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Christler Segovia: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
sid_villa: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Christler Segovia: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Christler Segovia: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
sid_villa: pati ah,,,,
sid_villa: in fact
sid_villa: stil der....
Christler Segovia: nga?
sid_villa: in fact....
sid_villa: but stress ku lng...
Christler Segovia: ahahhaa
sid_villa: way back in hi skul huh...
sid_villa: mgA 3rd yer guro...
Christler Segovia: teh sbng yah??
Christler Segovia: wai na?
Christler Segovia: dula na?
Christler Segovia: kai bl`an mu na ang color ko?
sid_villa: hmmmm....,
sid_villa: nd man ahhh....
sid_villa: mau ka ya nga tawo....
sid_villa: believe in that,,,,
Christler Segovia: 2ud?
Christler Segovia: ngaw?
sid_villa: timu....
Christler Segovia: Never Giveup>?? bskan amu na to ang na tabo samun?
sid_villa: gin care mu guid c norlin,.,,
Christler Segovia: HuE
Christler Segovia: kai sakto man ya bal ko
sid_villa: kag d ka man ya bad boy,,,,
Christler Segovia: How many times nga na hmbal ko cyah nga wai na gid sang Baye nga PAra sakun...
Christler Segovia: Xa lang gid isa yah
Christler Segovia: No one else
Christler Segovia: muna nga wai ko ga giveup
sid_villa: hai....datz y i'm luking up u....
Christler Segovia: pati sbng gne hu daw d ko mag pati nga amu to
sid_villa: blame d tym....
Christler Segovia: mahulat mlg ko yah
Christler Segovia: wai koyah mai nkta mowh
sid_villa: hai....muna namian ku cmuh,,,,
Christler Segovia: kung pwd lg ma storyah HEART ko
Christler Segovia: pa storyahon ko gid cyah
Christler Segovia: ill promise my self nga last GF nlg ni yah
sid_villa: hai....ge lang ahhh....f god's will///kamu kung kamu gid....
Christler Segovia: i will never look another again if we broke Up
sid_villa: even me makita na xa lain?
Christler Segovia: ewan
Christler Segovia: dra ang wai ko kablo
Christler Segovia: kai xa man nag hmbal sakun nga Ka-Isa lang daw xa mag Migo
Christler Segovia: muna bal ya sakun
sid_villa: ahhh...kung muna,,,i believe eternal luv na,,,
BUZZ!!!
Christler Segovia: haaay
sid_villa: basta muna,,,, ahhh....
sid_villa: stress ku lng liwat ha....
sid_villa: way bak n hi skul pa to...
sid_villa: bal an mu na ang isa....
Christler Segovia: cnu
Christler Segovia: waaa
Christler Segovia: apol?
Christler Segovia: gane?
Christler Segovia: alang2 c jono
Christler Segovia: daw nd kaman cyah
sid_villa: hahaha...
sid_villa: basta ang isa lng....
sid_villa: bal an mu na,,,,
Christler Segovia: nago
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: apol eh
Christler Segovia: kung apol
Christler Segovia: wai kaman
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: ga "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" kamalang
sid_villa: d gitz?
sid_villa: hai ahhh....
Christler Segovia: kai bal mu gina
Christler Segovia: duwa dbala?
sid_villa: gani,.,,,,ang isa gitz muna ahhh,,,,
Christler Segovia: d
Christler Segovia: nd
sid_villa: ang cute xakun xng 3rd yer ahhhh,,,
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: may ara pgid cute aw?
Christler Segovia: ahahah
Christler Segovia: cheekaaa
sid_villa: bay i lng da ang isa ya,,,,
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: waaaah
sid_villa: ang isa ya d cute...
Christler Segovia: pati lg ko
Christler Segovia: bc ako man to gyapon
sid_villa: kaw lng ya ang cute,,,,
Christler Segovia: waaaah
sid_villa: hahaha
sid_villa: cute...
Christler Segovia: te nga kung sa skul ta ga kit anay wai muna gina talk sakun aw?
Christler Segovia: aahahah
sid_villa: ahahaha
sid_villa: diri na gid...
sid_villa: d pwd d aw...
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: pwd eh
Christler Segovia: po nami gid yah in personal
sid_villa: ahhhh....gusto mu guid ya gli personal...
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: pwd man d
sid_villa: mag kitaay ta ambalon ta ka 'cute'
Christler Segovia: pwd man personal
Christler Segovia: if nag kita ai ta
sid_villa: hahaha....gogogo ahhh...
Christler Segovia: then u talk about the past in hyskull with me
sid_villa: hmmmm, i doubt f u listen...
Christler Segovia: wahahaha
sid_villa: but i know u will...
Christler Segovia: d man
Christler Segovia: pro
Christler Segovia: uu eh
Christler Segovia: kaw na gid na
Christler Segovia: kmpin pa c Bord
Christler Segovia: haaay
sid_villa: haaaaaayyyyyyyyy guid yaaaaaaa
sid_villa: past s past////
Christler Segovia: future is presnet
Christler Segovia: wai ko pa ganeh na hmbal sa mga clasmate ko sa Doctors yah
Christler Segovia: bc bala kalolouy ko aw
sid_villa: guid ie....
Christler Segovia: kung muna topic nila about GF GF ga hpos lg ko
sid_villa: wala ka crush da xa rum nu aw?
Christler Segovia: wai
Christler Segovia: duh'
Christler Segovia: bskan gwapa pada
sid_villa: hahaha,,,,
Christler Segovia: laku labot cla
sid_villa: hahaha
sid_villa: du guid yah,,,
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: haaay
Christler Segovia: "No One Else"
sid_villa: hai.....additional na xa cuteness u...
Christler Segovia: ang?
sid_villa: loyalty u ie....
Christler Segovia: ahhh gale
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: bot lg kung every one of you will trust me
Christler Segovia: ung iba kc
Christler Segovia: wai salig sakun
Christler Segovia: bc plastic effect
Christler Segovia: mu lg na ang budlay
sid_villa: ila man na ya....
sid_villa: peerception...
sid_villa: insyt...
sid_villa: opinion....
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: koreck
Christler Segovia: weeeh
Christler Segovia: insight
Christler Segovia: haaaay
sid_villa: yup....i respect and i dnt want to influence them...
Christler Segovia: yeah
Christler Segovia: ryt
sid_villa: guid ie.....ku gani ya me type sadto xa rum..
Christler Segovia: this 1st college?
Christler Segovia: ahaha
sid_villa: hahaha,.,..
sid_villa: sadto pa to galing....
Christler Segovia: aahaha
Christler Segovia: sbng dula na?
Christler Segovia: 2log ko dugay2 ah
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
sid_villa: ok
sid_villa: ok
sid_villa: dula na...
sid_villa: he is almost lyk u....
Christler Segovia: kapoi gid to guro ang iban kai wai na ga txt2
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: lyk me?
Christler Segovia: woow
Christler Segovia: thx
Christler Segovia: weeeh
sid_villa: maybe....
sid_villa: no joke, he is ALmost lyk u,.,.,,
sid_villa: muna gani guwo ang rison ng nagustuhan ku xa....kay he is almost lyk u....
sid_villa: sadto,,.,
Christler Segovia: ahahah
Christler Segovia: ah gale
Christler Segovia: haaay
Christler Segovia: tane muna man ang iba ah
Christler Segovia: lyk u
Christler Segovia: nga ghmbal cnah
Christler Segovia: haay
sid_villa: ahai/.....
sid_villa: irony of lyf....
Christler Segovia: sbng plg ko na kabati bala
Christler Segovia: halin sg hyskul ko
Christler Segovia: kaw plg
sid_villa: gusto ku gani makita gahampang kamu soccer....
Christler Segovia: sang gradeskul ko
Christler Segovia: mai nag hmbal mana sakun
sid_villa: para mabal an ku kung sin o sagad...
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: wai na sa sagad2 ah
Christler Segovia: kita mu kis`a lg ga hmpng soccer
sid_villa: ngik, lawlaw man to xa ahhhh,,,,
sid_villa: hahahaa
Christler Segovia: cnu
Christler Segovia: waaa
sid_villa: xa ie....
sid_villa: hahaha
sid_villa: i waNT to keep breetin' in private...
Christler Segovia: ahaha
Christler Segovia: lolx
Christler Segovia: jono
Christler Segovia: waaaaaaaa
Christler Segovia: weeeeh
sid_villa: kita mu cmu ku lng ni gin ambla...
sid_villa: nd xa mung...
sid_villa: cm ku subong...
sid_villa: waaaaaaaa
sid_villa: waaaaaa
sid_villa: waaaaaaa
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: haaay
Christler Segovia: sid
Christler Segovia: wai agawai
Christler Segovia: wahahaha
Christler Segovia: lolx
Christler Segovia:
Christler Segovia:
sid_villa: kaw lng ya ang cute xa gold...
sid_villa: kapid///
Christler Segovia:
Christler Segovia:
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
sid_villa: d kpa na....
sid_villa: tani xa sunod ang matypan ku....d na parehuz xa inyo nga duwa...
sid_villa: hehehe
Christler Segovia: wahahaha
Christler Segovia: DUWA gd yah?
Christler Segovia: NAGO
Christler Segovia: sugid na bala
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: dku na pag Sugid ah
Christler Segovia: wahahahaha
Christler Segovia: ...........
Christler Segovia: 2ud
Christler Segovia:
sid_villa: nd ahhh....namean ku ya u and cm ku now....
Christler Segovia:
sid_villa: bay i lng da ya ang isa ahhhh
sid_villa: hahaha
Christler Segovia: cm?
Christler Segovia: cmu?
Christler Segovia: waaaa
Christler Segovia: haaya
Christler Segovia: naku
sid_villa: college na mung...
Christler Segovia: Tane amu man na ma btyagan sang iban ahhh
sid_villa: kaw lng gani xa gold...
Christler Segovia: teh ang isa dn?
Christler Segovia: diamond?
sid_villa: tani guid ie...
sid_villa: nd mung....
sid_villa: basta h's d pa level...
Christler Segovia: tga isat man?
sid_villa: hmmmm....
sid_villa: bay i da ang isa ahhh......
sid_villa: dont care...
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: pati lg ko
sid_villa: nga man b....hehehe
Christler Segovia: wai ah
Christler Segovia: 2log ko dugay2
Christler Segovia: 3mins more
sid_villa: hahah
sid_villa: 2log na i'm sure kapoy ka....
Christler Segovia: d man
Christler Segovia: Miss ko kasi ung Iba
sid_villa: dont mind lng ang gin ambal ku ahh.,...
sid_villa: dream her...
Christler Segovia: always
Christler Segovia: every nyt
Christler Segovia: haaay
sid_villa: plus 3...
Christler Segovia: ngaw?
Christler Segovia: i miss the moment that we had
Christler Segovia:
sid_villa: ku man gani....hai........
Christler Segovia: Sana Ma ulit muli
sid_villa: hahaha,,,
Christler Segovia: One more Chance
sid_villa: nu tele srye....
Christler Segovia: ahaha
sid_villa: haha....
sid_villa: past is past////
sid_villa: 2log na...
Christler Segovia: i think the past will try again
Christler Segovia: some day
sid_villa: hopefullly///
sid_villa: wab you.....slip na huh...
Christler Segovia: haaay
sid_villa:
Christler Segovia: nyt
Christler Segovia: nag txt na xa hu
Christler Segovia: nag txt paxa ma2log mlg
Christler Segovia: haaay
Christler Segovia: ge
sid_villa: ahai....
sid_villa: ok lng na,.,.,,
sid_villa: tym will come...
sid_villa: njoy lng anay ang status,.,,
Christler Segovia: sna
Christler Segovia: ge
sid_villa: ok
sid_villa: ok
sid_villa: 2log mau...
sid_villa: d k lng mailang xa gin ambal ku....
sid_villa: past is past...
Christler Segovia: lolx
Christler Segovia: ho ah
sid_villa: muna ya....
sid_villa: dugang cute mu....
Christler Segovia: but
Christler Segovia: i still love her So much huhuhuhuhu
sid_villa: go ahead....
sid_villa: ok
sid_villa: ok
Christler Segovia: every day
Christler Segovia: gin panumdum ko xa
sid_villa: datz gani namian ku cmuh...
Christler Segovia: hue gi ah
Christler Segovia: thx
Christler Segovia: for this nyt
Christler Segovia: for being with me
sid_villa: breetym u nid me...ok u r very much welcom....
sid_villa: d pa ku balo gina mag sgud....
sid_villa: subong tapoz ku na ambal...
Christler Segovia: ahahaha
Christler Segovia: i think
Christler Segovia: may sugpon pana
Christler Segovia: sunod nmn ah
sid_villa: ok
sid_villa: 2log na.,.,..

hai ajjjj

Love is the desire to be intimate both physically and emotionally.
Christler Segovia: The dream of finding and marrying for true love exists and concludes by everything falling into place.
Christler Segovia: Love is a feeling of completeness, forgiving, understanding and inspiring.
bilib ah

etymology....for u

-ability
suffix expressing ability or capacity, from L. -abilitas, forming nouns from adjs. ending in -abilis (see -able). Not etymologically related to ability, though popularly connected with it.
-able
suffix expressing ability, capacity, fitness, from L. -ibilis, -abilis, forming adjectives from verbs, from PIE *-tro-, a suffix used to form nouns of instrument. In L., infinitives in -are took -abilis, others -ibilis; in Eng., -able is used for native words, -ible for words of obvious L. origin. The Latin suffix is not etymologically connected with able, but it long has been popularly associated with it, and this has contributed to its survival as a living suffix. It is related to the second syllable of rudder and saddle.
-acea
suffix denoting orders and classes in zoology, from L. -acea, neut. pl. of -aceus "belonging to, of the nature of" (enlarged from adj. suffix -ax, gen. -acis); neut. pl. because of a presumed animalia, a neuter plural noun. Thus, crustacea "shellfish" are *crustacea animalia "crusty animals." In botany, the suffix is -aceae, from the fem. pl. of -aceus, with reference to L. plantae, which is a fem. plural.
-ad
suffix denoting collective numerals (cf. Olympiad), from Gk. -as (gen. -ados), a suffix forming fem. nouns; also used in fem. patronymics (Dryad, Naiad, also, in plural, Pleiades, Hyades).
-ado
in commando, desperado, tornado,, and other words of Sp. and Port. origin, "person or group participating in an action," from L. -atus, pp. suffix of verbs of the first conjugation (cf. -ade).
-age
suffix forming nouns of act, process, function, condition, from O.Fr./Fr. -age, from L.L. -aticum "belonging to, related to," originally neut. adj. suffix, from L. -atus, pp. suffix of verbs of the first conjugation.
-aholic
abstracted from alcoholic first in sugarholic (1965), later in workaholic (1968), golfaholic (1971), chocoholic (1976), and shopaholic (1984).
-algia
suffix denoting "pain," from Gk. algos "pain," algein "to feel pain," of unknown origin. Related to alegein "to care about," originally "to feel pain."
-archy
suffix meaning "rule," from L. -archia, from Gk. -arkhia, from arkhos "leader, chief, ruler," from arkhe "beginning, origin, first place" (see archon).
-aster
suffix expressing incomplete resemblance (e.g. poetaster), usually dim. and deprecatory, from L., from Gk. -aster, suffix originally forming nouns from verbs ending in -azein, later generalized as a pejorative suffix, e.g. patraster "he who plays the father."
a (1)
indefinite article, c.1150, a variation of O.E. an (see an) in which the -n- began to disappear before consonants, a process mostly complete by 1340. The -n- also was retained before words beginning with a sounded -h- until c.1600; it still is retained by many writers before unaccented syllables in h- or (e)u-, but is now no longer normally spoken as such. The -n- also lingered (especially in southern England dialect) before -w- and -y- through 15c.
a (2)
as in twice a day, etc., is from O.E. an "on," in this case "on each." The sense was extended from time to measure, price, place, etc. The habit of tacking a onto a gerund (as in a-hunting we will go) died out 18c.
a capella
1876, earlier alla capella (1847), from It., "in the manner of the chapel," lit. "according to the chapel," from cappella "chapel." Originally in ref. to older church music (pre-1600) which was written for unaccompanied voices; applied 20c. to unaccompanied vocal music generally.
a priori
1710, "from cause to effect" (a logical term, in ref. to reasoning), from L., lit. "from what comes first," from priori, abl. of prior "first" (see prior (adj.)). Used loosely for "in accordance with previous knowledge" (1834).
A&P
U.S. grocery chain, originally The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, founded 1859 by George Huntington Hartford and George Gilman.
a- (1)
in native (derived from O.E.) words, it most commonly represents O.E. an "on" (see a (2)), as in alive, asleep, abroad, ashore, etc., forming adjectives and adverbs from nouns; but it also can be M.E. of, as in anew, abreast (1599); or a reduced form of O.E. pp. prefix ge-, as in aware; or the O.E. intens. a-, as in arise, awake, ashame, marking a verb as momentary, a single event. In words from Romanic languages, often it represents L. ad- "to, at."
"[I]t naturally happened that all these a- prefixes were at length confusedly lumped together in idea, and the resultant a- looked upon as vaguely intensive, rhetorical, euphonic, or even archaic, and wholly otiose." [OED]
a- (2)
prefix meaning "not," from L. a-, short for ab "away from" (cf. avert), or its cognate, Gk. a-, short for apo "away from, from," both cognate with Skt. apa "away from," Goth. af, O.E. of.
a- (3)
prefix meaning "not," from Gk. a-, an- "not," from PIE base *ne "not" (see un-).
A-1
in figurative sense of "first-rate," 1837, is from Lloyd's of London designation for ships in first-class condition.
A-frame
type of framework shaped like the letter A, 1909; in building construction, attested from 1932.
A-line
descriptive of a dress or skirt flared in shape of a letter "A," 1955, in ref. to Christian Dior.
A-OK
1961, abbreviation of all (systems) OK, originally in the jargon of astronauts. See OK.
A.D.
1579, from L. Anno Domini "Year of the Lord." First put forth by Dionysius Exiguus in 527 or 533 C.E., but at first used only for Church business. Introduced in Italy in 7c., France (partially) in 8c. In England, first found in a charter of 680 C.E. Ordained for all ecclesiastical documents in England by the Council of Chelsea, July 27, 816. The resistance to it may have been in part because Dionysius chose 754 A.U.C. as the birth year of Jesus, while many early Christians would have thought it was 750 A.U.C. [See John J. Bond, "Handy-Book of Rules and Tables for Verifying Dates With the Christian Era," 4th ed., London: George Bell & Sons, 1889]
a.k.a.
acronym for also known as; according to OED and other sources, first recorded 1955, Amer.Eng., but it is attested in legal documents from at least 1936 [cf. 4 Conn. Supp. 327, 1936 Conn. Super. LEXIS 205: GENERAL BAKING COMPANY vs. HYMAN KAPLAN (a.k.a. HYMAN I. KAPLAN)]. The OED reference date may be for non-legalese usage.
A.M.
1762, abbreviation of L. ante meridiem "before noon."
a.m.
type of radio wave broadcast; see amplitude.
a.s.a.p.
"as soon as possible," 1955, originally U.S. Army slang.
aardvark
1833, from Afrikaans Du., lit. "earth-pig" (the animal burrows), from aard "earth" (see earth) + vark "pig," cognate with O.H.G. farah (cf. Ger. Ferkel "young pig, sucking pig," a dim. form), O.E. fearh (see farrow).
Aaron
masc. proper name, in O.T., brother of Moses, from Heb. Aharon, probably of Egyptian origin. The Arabic form is Harun.
aback
O.E. on bæc, "at or on the back." Now surviving mainly in taken aback, originally a nautical expression for a sudden change of wind that flattens the square sails back against the masts and stops the forward motion of a ship (1754). The figurative sense is first recorded 1840.
abacus
1387, "sand table for drawing, calculating, etc.," from L. abacus, from Gk. abax (gen. abakos) "counting table," from Heb. abaq "dust," from root a-b-q "to fly off." Originally a drawing board covered with dust or sand that could be written on to do mathematical equations. Specific reference to a counting frame is 17c. or later.
Abaddon
c.1382, used in Rev. ix.11 of "the angel of the bottomless pit," and by Milton of the pit itself, from Heb. Abhaddon "destruction," from abhadh "he perished." The Gk. form was Apollyon (q.v.).
abaft
O.E. on bæftan "backwards," the second component itself a compound of be "by" + æftan "aft" (see aft). Since M.E. used exclusively of ships, the stern being the "after" part of a vessel.
abalone
1850, Amer.Eng., from Sp. abulon from Costanoan (a California coastal Indian language family) aluan "red abalone."
abandon
1375, "to subjugate, subdue," from O.Fr. abandoner "surrender," from à "at, to" + bandon "power, jurisdiction," in phrase mettre à bandon "to give up to a public ban," from L. bannum, "proclamation," from a Frankish word related to ban (v.). Etymologically, the word carries a sense of "put someone under someone else's control." Meaning "to give up absolutely" is from 1386. The noun sense of "letting loose, surrender to natural impulses" (1822) is from Fr. abandon.
abase
1393, abaishen, from O.Fr. à bassier "make lower," from V.L. *ad bassiare "bring lower," from L.L. bassus "thick, fat, low;" from the same source as base (adj.) and altered in Eng. by influence of it, which made it an exception to the rule that O.Fr. verbs with stem -iss- enter Eng. as -ish.
abash
c.1303, from O.Fr. esbaiss-, stem of esbaer "gape with astonishment," from es "out" + ba(y)er "to be open, gape," from L. *batare "to yawn, gape," from root *bat, possibly imitative of yawning. Bashful is 16c. derivative.
abate
c.1270, from O.Fr. abattre "beat down," from L. ad "to" + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir.
abatis
"defense made of felled trees," 1766, from Fr., lit. "things thrown down," from O.Fr. abateis, from abattre "to beat down, throw down" (see abate).
abattoir
"slaughterhouse for cows," 1820, from Fr. abattre "to beat down" (see abate).
Abbassid
dynasty of caliphs of Baghdad (750-1258) claiming descent from Abbas (566-652), uncle of Muhammad. For his name, see abbot.
abbé
1530, title given in France to "every one who wears an ecclesiastical dress," especially one having no assigned ecclesiastical duty, from Fr., from L.L. abbatem, acc. of abbas (see abbot).
abbess
1297, abbese, from O.Fr. abbesse, from L.L. abbatissa, fem. of abbas (see abbot).
abbey
1250, "convent headed by an abbot or abbess," from Anglo-Fr. abbeie, from O.Fr. abaie, from L.L. abbatia, from abbas (gen. abbatis); see abbot.
abbot
O.E. abbud, from L. abbatem (nom. abbas), from Gk. abbas, from Aramaic abba, title of honor, lit. "the father, my father," emphatic state of abh "father." The L. fem. abbatissa is root of abbess.
abbreviation
1460, from M.Fr. abréviation, from L.L. abbreviationem (nom. abbreviatio), from pp. of abbreviare "make brief," from L. ad "to" + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow" (see brief (adj.)).
Abderian laughter
from Abdera, in Thrace, whose citizens were considered rustic simpletons who would laugh at anything or anyone they didn't understand (making their town the Hellenic equivalent of Gotham).
abdicate
1541, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from L. abdicatus, pp. of abdicare "disown, disinherit" (specifically abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), from ab- "away" + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Meaning "divest oneself of office" first recorded 1618.
abdomen
1541, "belly fat," from L., "belly," originally "lower belly," perhaps from abdere "conceal," with a sense of "concealment of the viscera," or else "what is concealed" by proper dress. Purely anatomical sense is from 1615. Biological sense of "posterior division of the bodies of arthropods" first recorded 1788.
abduct
"to kidnap," 1834, altered from abduce "to draw away" by persuasion (1537), from L. abducere "lead away," from ab- "away" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Abduction is first recorded 1626 in lit. sense of "a leading away;" the illegal activity so called from 1768. In the Mercian hymns, L. abductione is glossed by O.E. wiðlaednisse.

etymology

-ability
suffix expressing ability or capacity, from L. -abilitas, forming nouns from adjs. ending in -abilis (see -able). Not etymologically related to ability, though popularly connected with it.
-able
suffix expressing ability, capacity, fitness, from L. -ibilis, -abilis, forming adjectives from verbs, from PIE *-tro-, a suffix used to form nouns of instrument. In L., infinitives in -are took -abilis, others -ibilis; in Eng., -able is used for native words, -ible for words of obvious L. origin. The Latin suffix is not etymologically connected with able, but it long has been popularly associated with it, and this has contributed to its survival as a living suffix. It is related to the second syllable of rudder and saddle.
-acea
suffix denoting orders and classes in zoology, from L. -acea, neut. pl. of -aceus "belonging to, of the nature of" (enlarged from adj. suffix -ax, gen. -acis); neut. pl. because of a presumed animalia, a neuter plural noun. Thus, crustacea "shellfish" are *crustacea animalia "crusty animals." In botany, the suffix is -aceae, from the fem. pl. of -aceus, with reference to L. plantae, which is a fem. plural.
charity
1137, "benevolence for the poor," from O.Fr. charite, from L. caritas (acc. caritatem) "costliness, esteem, affection" (in Vulgate often used as translation of Gk. agape "love" -- especially Christian love of fellow man -- perhaps to avoid the sexual suggestion of L. amor), from carus "dear, valued," from PIE *karo-, from base *ka- "to like, desire" (see whore). Vulgate also sometimes translated agape by L. dilectio, n. of action from diligere "to esteem highly, to love."
"Wyclif and the Rhemish version regularly rendered the Vulgate dilectio by 'love,' caritas by 'charity.' But the 16th c. Eng. versions from Tindale to 1611, while rendering agape sometimes 'love,' sometimes 'charity,' did not follow the dilectio and caritas of the Vulgate, but used 'love' more often (about 86 times), confining 'charity' to 26 passages in the Pauline and certain of the Catholic Epistles (not in I John), and the Apocalypse .... In the Revised Version 1881, 'love' has been substituted in all these instances, so that it now stands as the uniform rendering of agape." [OED]
institution
1551, "established law or practice," from O.Fr. institution, from L. institutionem (nom. institutio), noun of state from institutus (see institute). Meaning "establishment or organization for the promotion of some charity" is from 1707. Institutionalize "to put into institutional life" (usually depreciatory) is from 1905.
box (n.1.)
O.E. "a wooden container," also "type of shrub," from L.L. buxis, from Gk. pyxis "boxwood box," from pyxos "box tree," of uncertain origin. Slang meaning "vulva" is attested 17c., according to "Dictionary of American Slang;" modern use seems to date from c.WWII, perhaps originally Australian, and on notion of "box of tricks." Box office is 1786; in the fig. sense of "financial element of a performance" it is first recorded 1904. Boxing-day (1849) "first weekday after Christmas," on which postmen and others expect to receive a Christmas present, originally in ref. to the custom of distributing the contents of the Christmas box, which was placed in the church for charity collections.
soup (n.)
"liquid food," 1653, from Fr. soupe "soup, broth," from L.L. suppa "bread soaked in broth," from a Gmc. source (cf. M.Du. sop "sop, broth"), from P.Gmc. base *supp-, from PIE *sub-, from base *seue- "to take liquid" (see sup (2)). Primordial soup is from a concept first expressed 1929 by J.B.S. Haldane. Soup kitchen is attested from 1839. In Ireland, souper meant "Protestant clergyman seeking to make proselytes by dispensing soup in charity" (1854).
virtue
c.1225, "moral life and conduct, moral excellence," vertu, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. vertu, from L. virtutem (nom. virtus) "moral strength, manliness, valor, excellence, worth," from vir "man" (see virile). Phrase by virtue of (c.1230) preserves alternate M.E. sense of "efficacy." Wyclif Bible has virtue where K.J.V. uses power. The seven cardinal virtues (c.1320) were divided into the natural (justice, prudence, temperance, fortitude) and the theological (hope, faith, charity). To make a virtue of a necessity (c.1374) translates L. facere de necessitate virtutem. [Jerome]
cardinal (n.)
1125, "one of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the sacred college," from L. cardinalis "principal, chief, essential," from cardo (gen. cardinis) "that on which something turns or depends," originally "door hinge." Ecclesiastical use began for the presbyters of the chief (cardinal) churches of Rome. The adj. sense of "chief, principal" in Eng. is attested from c.1440. Cardinal numbers (1591) are the primitive "one, two, three," etc. as opposed to ordinal numbers "first, second, third," etc. Cardinal points (1549) are "north, south, east, west." The cardinal virtues (c.1300) were divided into natural (justice prudence, temperance, fortitude) and theological (faith, hope, charity). The N.Amer. songbird (Cardinalis virginianus) is attested from 1678, so named for its resemblance to the red robes of the cardinals.
ch-
used in O.Fr. for the "tsh" sound. Introduced to Eng. after the Norman Conquest, in words borrowed from O.Fr. such as chaste, charity, chief, etc. Under influence of the French, the digraph was also inserted into O.E. words that had the same sound, such as bleach, and into those that had formerly been spelled with a -c- and pronounced "k" such as chin, much. But as French evolved, the "t" sound dropped out of it, so in later loan-words from France ch- has only the sound "sh-" (chauffeur, machine, chivalry, etc.). The sound is in many non-I.E. languages (e.g. cheetah, chintz), and the digraph is also used to represent the sound in Scottish loch. It also turns up in words from classical languages (chaos, echo, etc.). Most uses of -ch- in Roman L. were in words from Gk., which would be pronounced correctly as "k" + "h," as in blockhouse, but most Romans would have said merely "k." Sometimes the -h- was written to keep the -c- hard before a front vowel, as still in modern Italian. In some French dialects including that of Paris, Latin ca- became French "tsha," whence the old French (and, after 1066, English) spelling ch- for "tsh." In some languages (Welsh, Sp., Czech) ch- is treated as a separate letter and words in it are alphabetized after -c-.
dick
"fellow, lad, man," 1553, rhyming nickname for Rick, short for Richard, one of the commonest Eng. names, it has long been a synonym for "fellow," and so most of the slang senses are probably very old, but naturally hard to find in the surviving records. The meaning "penis" is attested from 1891 in British army slang; dickhead "stupid person" is from 1969. Meaning "detective" is recorded from 1908, perhaps as a shortened variant of detective. The Dick Whittington story is an old one, told under other names throughout Europe, of a poor boy who sends a cat he had bought for a penny as his stake in a trading voyage; the captain sells it on his behalf for a fortune to a foreign king whose palace is overrun by rats. The hero devotes part of his windfall to charity, which may be why the legend attached in England since 16c. to Sir Richard Whittington (d.1423), three times Lord Mayor of London, who died childless and devoted large sums in his will to churches, almshouses, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
justice
1140, "the exercise of authority in vindication of right by assigning reward or punishment," from O.Fr. justise, from L. justitia "righteousness, equity," from justus "upright, just" (see just (adj.)). The O.Fr. word had widespread senses, including "uprightness, equity, vindication of right, court of justice, judge." The word began to be used in Eng. c.1200 as a title for a judicial officer. Meaning "the administration of law" is from 1303. Justice of the peace first attested 1320. In the Mercian hymns, L. justitia is glossed by O.E. rehtwisnisse.
Artaxerxes
Persian masc. proper name, in classical history, a son of Xerxes II, also a son of Darius, from Gk. Artaxerxes (explained by Herodotus as "Great Warrior"), from O.Pers. Artaxšaca, lit. "having a kingdom of justice," from arta- "justice" + xšaca "kingdom."
basilica
1541, from L. basilica "building of a court of justice," and, by extension, church built on the plan of one, from Gk. (stoa) basilike "royal (portal)," the portico of the archon basileus, the official who dispensed justice in Athens, from basileus "king" (see basil). In Rome, applied specifically to the seven principal churches founded by Constantine.
poetic
1530, from M.Fr. poetique, from L. poeticus, from Gk. poietikos "pertaining to poetry," lit. "creative, productive," from poietos "made," verbal adj. of poiein "to make" (see poet). Poetic justice "ideal justice as portrayed in plays and stories" is from 1679.
jurisdiction
c.1300 "administration of justice" (attested from 1267 in Anglo-L.), from L. jurisdictionem (nom. jurisdictio) "administration of justice, jurisdiction," from jus (gen. juris; see jurist) "right, law" + dictionem (nom. dictio) "a saying." Meaning "extent or range of administrative power" is from c.1380.
dharma
1796, in secular sense, "caste custom, right behavior;" in Buddhism and Hinduism, "moral law," from Skt., "law, right, justice," related to dharayati "holds," and cognate with L. firmus, all from PIE base *dher- "to hold, support" (see firm (adj.)).
judicial
c.1380, from L. judicalis "of or belonging to a court of justice," from judicium "judgment, decision," from judicem (see judge).
Quaker
1651, said to have been applied to them in 1650 by Justice Bennett at Derby, from George Fox's admonition to his followers to "tremble at the Word of the Lord;" but the word was used earlier of foreign sects given to fits of shaking during religious fervor, and that is likely the source here. Either way, it was never an official name of the Religious Society of Friends. Quaker gun (1809, Amer.Eng.) was a log painted black and propped up to look from a distance like a cannon.
assize
1303 (attested from 1164 in Anglo-L.), from O.Fr. asise "session," from fem. pp. of asseoir "to cause to sit," from L. assidere (see assess). Originally "all legal proceedings of the nature of inquests or recognitions;" hence sessions held periodically in each Eng. county to administer civil and criminal justice.
advocate
1340, "one whose profession is to plead cases in a court of justice," a technical term from Roman law, from O.Fr. avocat, from L. advocatus, orig. pp. of advocare "to call" (as witness or advisor) from ad- "to" + vocare "call," related to vocem (see voice). The verb is first attested 1641.
miscarry
1340, "to come to harm, perish;" of persons, "to die," of objects, "to be lost or destroyed," from mis- (1) "wrongly" + caryen "carry" (see carry). Meaning "deliver unviable fetus" first recorded 1527; that of "fail, come to naught" (of plans or designs) is from 1607. Miscarriage is attested from 1662; miscarriage of justice is from 1875.
adroit
1652, "dexterous," originally "rightly," from Fr. phrase à droit "according to right," from O.Fr. à "to" + droit "right," from L.L. directum "right, justice," acc. of L. directus "straight" (see direct).
tribunal
1447, from O.Fr. tribunal (13c.), from L. tribunal "platform for the seat of magistrates, elevation, embankment," from tribunus "official in ancient Rome, magistrate," lit. "head of a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Hence, a court of justice or judicial assembly (1590).
probation
c.1412, "trial, experiment, test," from O.Fr. probacion (14c.), from L. probationem (nom. probatio) "inspection, examination," noun of action from probare "to test" (see prove). Meaning "testing of a person's conduct" is from 1432; theological sense first recorded 1526; criminal justice sense is first recorded in U.S. c.1878.
justify
c.1300, "to administer justice," also "to show (something) to be just or right," from O.Fr. justifer, from L. justificare "act justly toward, make just," from justificus "dealing justly, righteous," from justus "just" (see just (adj.)) + root of facere "to do" (see factitious). Meaning "to make exact" (now largely restricted to typesetting) is from 1551.
syndic
1601, "civil magistrate, especially in Geneva," from Fr. syndic "chief representative" (14c.), from L.L. syndicus "representative of a group or town," from Gk. syndikos "public advocate," from syn- "together" + dike "judgment, justice, usage, custom" (cognate with L. dicere "to show, tell;" see diction). Meaning "representative of a university or other corporation" first found 1607.
Nemesis
1576, "Gk. goddess of vengeance," from nemesis "just indignation, jealousy, vengeance," lit. "distribution," related to nemein "distribute, allot, apportion one's due," from PIE base *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot, to take" (cf. O.E., Goth. niman "to take," Ger. nehmen). With a lower-case -n-, in the sense of "retributive justice," attested from 1597. General sense of "anything by which it seems one must be defeated" is 20c.
lynch (v.)
1835, from earlier Lynch law (1811), likely named after William Lynch (1742-1820) of Pittsylvania, Va., who c.1780 led a vigilance committee to keep order there during the Revolution. Other sources trace the name to Charles Lynch (1736-96) a Virginia magistrate who fined and imprisoned Tories in his district c.1782, but the connection to him is less likely. Originally any sort of summary justice, especially by flogging; narrowing of focus to "extralegal execution by hanging" is 20c. Lynch mob is attested from 1838. The surname is either from O.E. hlinc "hill" or Ir. Loingseach "sailor."
moot
1154, from O.E. gemot "meeting" (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), from P.Gmc. *ga-motan (cf. Old Low Frankish muot "encounter," M.Du. moet, M.H.G. muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)). The adj. senses of "debatable" and "not worth considering" arose from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1531), in law student jargon, in ref. to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.
liberty
c.1375, from O.Fr. liberté "freedom," from L. libertatem (nom. libertas) "freedom, condition of a freeman," from liber "free" (see liberal)
"The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right." [Learned Hand, 1944]
Nautical sense of "leave of absence" is from 1758. To take liberties "go beyond the bounds of propriety" is from 1625. Sense of "privileges" led to sense of "a person's private land" (1455), which yielded sense in 18c. England and America of "a district within a county but having its own justice of the peace," and also "a district adjacent to a city and in some degree under its municipal jurisdiction" (e.g. Northern Liberties of Philadelphia).
virtue
c.1225, "moral life and conduct, moral excellence," vertu, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. vertu, from L. virtutem (nom. virtus) "moral strength, manliness, valor, excellence, worth," from vir "man" (see virile). Phrase by virtue of (c.1230) preserves alternate M.E. sense of "efficacy." Wyclif Bible has virtue where K.J.V. uses power. The seven cardinal virtues (c.1320) were divided into the natural (justice, prudence, temperance, fortitude) and the theological (hope, faith, charity). To make a virtue of a necessity (c.1374) translates L. facere de necessitate virtutem. [Jerome]
court
1175, from O.Fr. curt, from L. cortem, acc. of cors (earlier cohors) "enclosed yard," and by extension (and perhaps by association with curia "sovereign's assembly"), "those assembled in the yard; company, cohort," from com- "together" + stem hort- related to hortus "garden, plot of ground" (see yard (1)). The verb meaning "woo, offer homage" (as at court) is first recorded 1580. Sporting sense is from 1519, originally of tennis. Legal meaning is from 1292 (early assemblies for justice were overseen by the sovereign personally); courthouse is from 1483. Court-martial is first attested 1571; as a verb, 1859. Courtier is from 1228; courtly "having manners befitting a court" is from 1450. Courtship "paying court to a woman with intention of marriage" is from 1596.
suit (n.)
1297, "attendance at court, the company attending," also their livery or uniform, via Anglo-Fr. siwte, from O.Fr. suitte "attendance, act of following," from Gallo-Romance *sequita, fem. of *sequitus, from L. secutus, pp. of sequi "to attend, follow" (see sequel). Meaning "application to a court for justice, lawsuit" is first recorded c.1412. Meaning "set of clothes to be worn together" is attested from c.1420, from notion of the livery or uniform of court attendants (a sense recurded from 1297). As a derisive term for "businessman," it dates from 1979. Meaning "set of playing cards bearing the same symbol" is first attested 1529, also from the notion of livery. Hence, to follow suit (1680), which is from card playing. Suitcase first recorded 1902, originally a case for holding a suit of clothes.
obscene
1593, "offensive to the senses, or to taste and refinement," from M.Fr. obscène, from L. obscenus "offensive," especially to modesty, originally "boding ill, inauspicious," perhaps from ob "onto" + cænum "filth." Meaning "offensive to modesty or decency" is attested from 1598. Legally, in U.S., it hinged on "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest." [Justice William Brennan, "Roth v. United States," June 24, 1957]; refined in 1973 by "Miller v. California":
The basic guidelines for the trier of fact must be: (a) whether 'the average person, applying contemporary community standards' would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest, (b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (c) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
pornography
1857, "description of prostitutes," from Fr. pornographie, from Gk. pornographos "(one) writing of prostitutes," from porne "prostitute," originally "bought, purchased" (with an original notion, probably of "female slave sold for prostitution;" related to pernanai "to sell," from PIE root per- "to traffic in, to sell," cf. L. pretium "price") + graphein "to write." Originally used of classical art and writing; application to modern examples began 1880s. Main modern meaning "salacious writing or pictures" represents a slight shift from the etymology, though classical depictions of prostitution usually had this quality.
"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description [hard-core pornography]; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that." [U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, concurring opinion, "Jacobellis v. Ohio," 1964]
Pornographer is earliest form of the word, attested from 1850. Pornocracy (1860) is "the dominating influence of harlots," used specifically of the government of Rome during the first half of the 10th century by Theodora and her daughters. love (n.)
O.E. lufu "love, affection, friendliness," from P.Gmc. *lubo (cf. O.Fris. liaf, Ger. lieb, Goth. liufs "dear, beloved;" not found elsewhere as a noun, except O.H.G. luba, Ger. Liebe), from PIE *leubh- "to care, desire, love" (cf. L. lubet, later libet "pleases;" Skt. lubhyati "desires;" O.C.S. l'ubu "dear, beloved;" Lith. liaupse "song of praise"). Meaning "a beloved person" is from c.1225. The sense "no score" (in tennis, etc.) is 1742, from the notion of "playing for love," i.e. "for nothing" (1678). Love-letter is attested from c.1240; love-song from c.1310. To be in love with (someone) is from 1508. Love life "one's collective amorous activities" is from 1919, originally a term in psychological jargon. Phrase make love is attested from 1580 in the sense "pay amorous attention to;" as a euphemism for "have sex," it is attested from c.1950. Love child "child born out of wedlock," first attested 1805, from earlier love brat (17c.). Lovesick is attested from 1530; lovelorn from 1634 (see lose). Phrase for love or money "for anything" is attested from 1590. To fall in love is attested from 1423. The phrase no love lost (between two people) is ambiguous and was used 17c. in ref. to two who love each other well (c.1640) as well as two who have no love for each other (1622).
love (v.)
O.E. lufian, from P.Gmc. *lubojanan, from root of love (n.). Love-hate (adj.) "ambivalent" is from 1937, originally a term in psychological jargon.
love bird
1595, "small species of W.African parrot, noted for the remarkable attention mating pairs pay to one another;" fig. sense of "a lover" is attested from 1911.
"Hold hands, you lovebirds." [Emil Sitka]
lovelonging
c.1300, luue langing, from love (n.) + inf. of long (v.).
love apple
"tomato," 1578, corresponding to Fr. pomme d'amour, Ger. liebesapfel, but the reason for the term remains obscure. One guess is that it is a corruption of It. pomo de'Mori or Sp. pome dei Moro, lit. "Moorish apple."
Eros
god of love, c.1386, from Gk., lit. "love," related to eran "to love," erasthai "to love, desire," of unknown origin. Freudian sense of "urge to self-preservation and sexual pleasure" is from 1922. Ancient Gk. distinguished four different kinds of love: eros "sexual love;" phileo "have affection for;" agapao "have regard for, be contented with;" and stergo, used especially of the love of parents and children or a ruler and his subjects.
agape
1607, from Gk. agapan "greet with affection, love" (used by early Christians for their "love feast" held in connection with the Lord's Supper), from agapan "to love," of unknown origin. In modern use, often in simpler sense of "Christian love" (1856, frequently opposed to eros as "carnal or sensual love").
philology
c.1386, "love of learning," from O.Fr. philologie, from L. philologia "love of learning, love of letters," from Gk. philologia "love of discussion, learning, and literature," from philo- "loving" + logos "word, speech." Meaning "science of language" is first attested 1716; this confusing secondary sense has never been popular in the U.S., where linguistics (q.v.) is preferred.
unloved
1395, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of love (v.).
"He that can love unloved again,
Hath better store of love than brain"
[Robert Ayton (1570-1638)]
charity
1137, "benevolence for the poor," from O.Fr. charite, from L. caritas (acc. caritatem) "costliness, esteem, affection" (in Vulgate often used as translation of Gk. agape "love" -- especially Christian love of fellow man -- perhaps to avoid the sexual suggestion of L. amor), from carus "dear, valued," from PIE *karo-, from base *ka- "to like, desire" (see whore). Vulgate also sometimes translated agape by L. dilectio, n. of action from diligere "to esteem highly, to love."
"Wyclif and the Rhemish version regularly rendered the Vulgate dilectio by 'love,' caritas by 'charity.' But the 16th c. Eng. versions from Tindale to 1611, while rendering agape sometimes 'love,' sometimes 'charity,' did not follow the dilectio and caritas of the Vulgate, but used 'love' more often (about 86 times), confining 'charity' to 26 passages in the Pauline and certain of the Catholic Epistles (not in I John), and the Apocalypse .... In the Revised Version 1881, 'love' has been substituted in all these instances, so that it now stands as the uniform rendering of agape." [OED]
philtre
"love potion," 1587, from M.Fr. philtre (1568), from L. philtrum, from Gk. philtron "love-charm," lit. "to make oneself beloved," from philein "to love" (from philos "loving") + instrumental suffix -tron.
Amaretto
It. almond-flavored liqueur, 1945 (the original brand, Amaretto di Saronno, dates to 1851), from the It. word for almond (q.v.), which did not acquire the excrescent -l- of the Eng. word. Sometimes confused with amoretto (1596), from It., lit. "little love," a dim. of amore "love." This word was variously applied to love sonnets, cupids, etc. Amoroso (lit. "lover"), a type of sweetened sherry, is attested from c.1870.
lief
O.E. leof "dear," from P.Gmc. *leubo- (cf. O.N. ljutr, O.Fris. liaf, O.H.G. liob, Ger. lieb, Goth. liufs "dear, beloved"), from PIE base *leubh- "love" (see love). A most useful word, now, alas, all but extinct. Want and love are overworked and misused to fill the hole left in the language when this word faded in 17c.
Bloomsbury
1910, in ref. to the set of Bohemian writers, artists, and intellectuals (including E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, and John Maynard Keynes) centered on Lytton Strachey, from the London neighborhood where several lived and worked.
"Women in love with buggers and buggers in love with womanizers, I don't know what the world is coming to." [Lytton Strachey]
Freya
goddess of love and beauty in Norse mythology, O.N. Freyja, related to O.E. frea "lord," O.S. frua, M.Du. vrouwe "woman, wife," Ger. Frau; see Frigg).
"Frigga is usually considered the goddess of married love; Freya, the goddess of love, the northern Venus. Actually, Frigga is of the Aesir family of Scandinavian myth; Freya, of the Vanir family; the two lines of belief merged, and the two goddesses are sometimes fused, and sometimes confused." [Shipley]
paramour
c.1300, noun use of adv. phrase par amour (c.1300) "passionately, with strong love or desire," from Anglo-Fr. par amour, from acc. of amor "love." Originally a term for Christ (by women) or the Virgin Mary (by men), it came to mean "darling, sweetheart" (c.1350) and "mistress, concubine, clandestine lover" (c.1386).
inamorata
"female lover," 1651, from It. innamorata, fem. of innamorato, pp. of innamorare "to fall in love," from in "in" + amore "love."
venom
c.1220, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. venim, from V.L. *venimen, from L. venenum "poison, drug, potion," perhaps ultimately connected to venus "erotic love" (see Venus), in which case the original meaning might have been "love potion." The meaning "bitter, virulent feeling or language" is first recorded c.1300.
Venus
O.E., from L. Venus (pl. veneres), in ancient Roman mythology, the goddess of beauty and love, especially sensual love, from venus "love, sexual desire, loveliness, beauty, charm," from PIE base *wen- "to strive after, wish, desire, be satisfied" (cf. Skt. vanas- "desire," vanati "desires, loves, wins;" Avestan vanaiti "he wishes, is victorious;" O.E. wynn "joy," wunian "to dwell," wenian "to accustom, train, wean," wyscan "to wish"). Applied by the Romans to Gk. Aphrodite, Egyptian Hathor, etc. Meaning "second planet from the sun" is attested from c.1290 (O.E. had morgensteorra and æfensteorra). The venus fly-trap (Dionæa muscipula) was discovered 1760 by Gov. Arthur Dobbs in North Carolina and description sent to Collinson in England. The Algonquian name for the plant, titipiwitshile, yielded regional Amer.Eng. tippity wichity.

Frigg
O.E., only in frigedæg "Friday." In Gmc. religion, wife of Odin, goddess of heaven and married love, from O.N., lit. noun use of the fem. adj. meaning "beloved, loving, wife," from P.Gmc. *frijaz "noble, dear, beloved" (from the root of O.E. freogan "to love;" ult. from the root of free (adj.)). Also cf. Freya.
solitude
c.1374, from O.Fr. solitude "loneliness," from L. solitudinem (nom. solitudo) "loneliness," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). "Not in common use in English until the 17th c." [OED]
"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; ... if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free." [Schopenhauer, "The World as Will and Idea," 1818]
minnesinger
1825, from Ger., from minne "love," esp. "sexual love," from O.H.G. minna "loving memory," originally "memory" (see mind (n.)) + singer (see singer). Medieval Ger. poets who imitated the troubadours. Ger. minne by 1500 was no longer considered decent, and it became a taboo word until revived 18c. in poetic language.
pamphlet
"small, unbound treatise," 1387, from Anglo-Latin panfletus, popular short form of "Pamphilus, seu de Amore" ("Pamphilus, or about Love"), a short L. love poem of 12c., popular and widely copied in Middle Ages; the name from Gk. pamphilos "loved by all," from pan- "all" + philos "loving, dear." Meaning "brief work dealing with questions of current interest" is late 16c. Pamphleteer (n.) is first recorded 1642.
believe
O.E. belyfan, earlier geleafa (Mercian), gelefa (Northumbrian), gelyfan (W.Saxon) "believe," from P.Gmc. *ga-laubjan "hold dear, love," from PIE base *leubh- "to like, desire" (see love). Spelling beleeve is common till 17c.; then altered perhaps by influence of relieve. As a synonym for "Christian," believer is attested from 1549. To believe on instead of in was more common in 16c. but now is a peculiarity of theology; believe of also sometimes was used in 17c.
erotic
1621 (implied in erotical), from Fr. érotique, from Gk. erotikos, from eros (gen. erotos) "sexual love" (see Eros). Eroticize is from 1914. Erotomaniac "one driven mad by passionate love" (sometimes also used in the sense of "nymphomaniac") is from 1858. Erotica (1854) is from Gk. neut. pl. of erotikos "amatory," from eros; originally a booksellers' catalogue heading.
diligence
1340, from O.Fr. diligence "attention, care," from L. diligentia "attentiveness, carefulness," from diligentem (nom. diligens) "attentive, assiduous, careful," originally prp. of diligere "value highly, love, choose," from dis- "apart" + legere "choose, gather" (see lecture). Sense evolved from "love" through "attentiveness" to "carefulness" to "steady effort."
amour-propre
1775, from Fr., "sensitive self-love, self-esteem."
pederasty
"sodomy with a boy," 1609, from Mod.L. pæderastia, from Gk. paiderastia "love of boys," from paiderastes "pederast," from pais (gen. paidos) "child, boy" (see pedo-) + erastes "lover," from erasthai "to love." Pederast is 1730s, from Fr. pédéraste, from Gk. paiderastes.
friend
O.E. freond, prp. of freogan "to love, to favor," from P.Gmc. *frijojanan "to love" (cf. O.N. frændi, O.Fris. friund, M.H.G. friunt, Ger. Freund, Goth. frijonds "friend," all alike from prp. forms). Related to O.E. freo "free." Meaning "A Quaker" (a member of the Society of Friends) is from 1679. Feond ("fiend," originally "enemy") and freond, often paired in O.E., both are masculine agent nouns derived from prp. of verbs, but are not directly related to one another.
free (adj.)
O.E. freo "free, exempt from, not in bondage," also "noble, joyful," from P.Gmc. *frijaz (cf. M.H.G. vri, Ger. frei, Du. vrij, Goth. freis "free"), from PIE *prijos "dear, beloved" (cf. Skt. priyah "own, dear, beloved," priyate "loves;" O.C.S. prijati "to help," prijatelji "friend;" Welsh rhydd "free"). The adv. is from O.E. freon, freogan "to free, love." The primary sense seems to have been "beloved, friend, to love;" which in some languages (notably Gmc. and Celtic) developed also a sense of "free," perhaps from the terms "beloved" or "friend" being applied to the free members of one's clan (as opposed to slaves, cf. L. liberi, meaning both "free" and "children"). Cf. Goth. frijon "to love;" O.E. freod "affection, friendship," friga "love," friðu "peace;" O.N. friðr, Ger. Friede "peace;" O.E. freo "wife;" O.N. Frigg "wife of Odin," lit. "beloved" or "loving;" M.L.G. vrien "to take to wife, Du. vrijen, Ger. freien "to woo." Sense of "given without cost" is 1585, from notion of "free of cost." Of nations, "not subject to foreign rule or to despotism," it is recorded from 1375. Freedman "manumitted slave" first recorded 1601. Colloquial freeloader first recorded 1930s; free fall is from 1919, originally of parachutists; free-hand is from 1862; free-thinker is from 1692. Freebie dates back to 1942 as freeby, perhaps as early as 1900. Free-for-all "mass brawl" (in which anyone may participate) first recorded 1881. Freebase (n. and v.) in ref. to cocaine first recorded 1980.
Kama Sutra
1883, from Skt. Kama Sutra, ancient treatise on love and sexual performance, from kama "love" (see whore) + sutra (see sutra).
romance
c.1300, "story of a hero's adventures," also (c.1330), "vernacular language of France" (as opposed to Latin), from O.Fr. romanz "verse narrative," originally an adverb, "in the vernacular language," from V.L. *romanice scribere "to write in a Romance language" (one developed from Latin instead of Frankish), from L. Romanicus "of or in the Roman style," from Romanus "Roman" (see Roman). The connecting notion is that medieval vernacular tales were usually about chivalric adventure. Literary sense extended by 1667 to "a love story." Extended 1612 to other modern languages derived from Latin (Spanish, Italian, etc.). Meaning "adventurous quality" first recorded 1801; that of "love affair, idealistic quality" is from 1916. The verb meaning "court as a lover" is from 1942.
half-wit
1678, originally "a would-be wit whose abilities are mediocre;" sense of "simpleton" (one lacking all his wits) is first attested 1755.
"Half-wits are fleas; so little and so light,
We scarce could know they live, but that they bite."
[Dryden, "All for Love"]
votary (n.)
1546, "one consecrated by a vow," from L. votum (see vow). Originally "a monk or nun," general sense of "ardent devotee of some aim or pursuit" is from 1591 (in Shakespeare, originally in ref. to love).
unlovely
1377, "not evoking feelings of love," from un- (1) "not" + lovely. Meaning "ugly" is recorded from 1393.
kiss (v.)
O.E. cyssan "to kiss," from P.Gmc. *kussijanan (cf. O.S. kussian, O.N. kyssa, O.Fris. kessa, Ger. küssen), from *kuss-, probably ultimately imitative of the sound. The O.E. noun was coss, which became M.E. cuss, but this yielded to kiss, from the verb. For vowel evolution, see bury. There appears to be no common I.E. root word for "kiss," though suggestions of a common ku- sound may be found in the Gmc. root and Gk. kynein "to kiss," Hittite kuwash-anzi "they kiss," Skt. cumbati "he kisses."
"Kissing, as an expression of affection or love, is unknown among many races, and in the history of mankind seems to be a late substitute for the more primitive rubbing of noses, sniffing, and licking." [Buck, p.1113]
Some languages make a distinction between the kiss of affection and that of erotic love (cf. L. saviari "erotic kiss," vs. osculum, lit. "little mouth"). Fr. embrasser "kiss," but lit. "embrace," came about in 17c. when the older word baiser (from L. basiare) acquired an obscene connotation. Kiss of death (1948) is in ref. to Judas' kiss in Gethsemane (Matt. xxvi.48-50). Slang kisser "mouth" is from 1860. Insulting invitation kiss my ass is at least from 1705, but probably much older (cf. "The Miller's Tale").
sitcom
1964, from sit(uation) com(edy), a phrase first attested 1953 (in a "TV Guide" article, with ref. to "I Love Lucy").
"Even Bing Crosby has succumbed to series TV and will appear in a sitcom as an electrical engineer who happens to break into song once a week." ["Life," Sept. 18, 1964]