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“ When referring to years, AD is short for Anno Domini, which is Latin for ‘in the year of the Lord.’ It means the number of years since the birth of Jesus Christ. Sometimes, ‘CE’ is used instead, which strips our the religious aspect by referring to ‘Common Era’ or ‘Current Era.’ ”
“ This is a prepositional phrase from Latin which means ‘with.’ So ‘X-cum-Y’ means ‘X with Y.’ Incidentally, this is where the degree honors come from: cum laude: ‘with praise’ magna cum laude: ‘with great praise’ summa cum laude: ‘with highest praise’ ”
“This means ‘behold the man’ in Latin. It was used by Pontius Pilate when presenting Jesus to the crowds just before his execution. This moment has become common in art, as a depiction of Jesus with a crown of thorns. Colloquially, it’s become a phrase which represents sacrifice, humility, or the…”
“Some really interesting etymology here : Inchoate derives from inchoare, which means ‘to start work on’ in Latin but translates literally as ‘to hitch up.’ Inchoare was formed from the prefix in- and the noun cohum, which refers to the part of a yoke to which the beam of a plow is fitted. The…”
“ Latin for ‘without which, not.’ It’s used to refer to something indispensable – ‘without this thing, this other thing is not possible.’ ”
“This is Latin for ‘no mans land.’ It’s a concept in international relations that refers to physical land that no nation claims. It can be claimed by occupation (though that might violate other laws). The only major area of unclaimed land on Earth is Antarctica. There are, at any given time, several…”