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Question 1 of 7
Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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OTHER WORDS FROM Slavonic
Sla·von·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby Slavonic
Slavkov, Slavo-, slavocracy, Slavonia, Slavonian, Slavonic, Slavophile, Slavophobe, Slavyansk, slaw, slay
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British Dictionary definitions for Slavonic
Slavonic
esp US Slavic
/ (sləˈvɒnɪk) /
noun
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches: South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, etc), East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc), and West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc)
the unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed
adjective
of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages
of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages
Word Origin for Slavonic
C17: from Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia
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