Word of the Day
More about uhuru
Uhuru is a loanword from Swahili, a Bantu language with substantial influence from Arabic. The u- element is a native Swahili term roughly meaning “-ity, -ness,” while huru, “free,” comes from Arabic ḥurr. This Arabic term is also the source of Spanish ahorrar, “to save, avoid.” Uhuru was first recorded in English in the late 1950s.
EXAMPLE OF UHURU USED IN A SENTENCE
Decades of dedicated political action resulted in uhuru for the newly founded country.
More about omnia vincit amor
Omnia, “all, everything,” is the neuter plural of omnis, “all, every,” while amor means “love.” Vincit is a form of vincere, “to conquer, win,” which is also the source of the Word of the Day victorine. Omnia vincit amor was first recorded in English in the late 16th century.
EXAMPLE OF OMNIA VINCIT AMOR USED IN A SENTENCE
“Omnia vincit amor,” declared the officiant, and the couple began to exchange vows.
haplotype
noun
a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together.
More about haplotype
Haplotype is a compound of haplo-, meaning “single, simple,” and type, “kind, sort.” Both of these elements come from Ancient Greek. Haplotype was first recorded in English in the late 1960s, perhaps as a coinage by Italian geneticist Ruggero Ceppellini and his colleagues in 1967.
EXAMPLE OF HAPLOTYPE USED IN A SENTENCE
The Y-chromosome samples from subjects in southern Europe and the Middle East all had the same haplotype, pointing to a common ancestor in ancient Africa.