What Does Foxglove The Flower Symbolize
In question nine, dandelion, daisy, and foxglove are all flowers and all share common physical characteristics’. They also share other uncommon attributes; such as they were all used at some point in medicine. They each though are special in their own way, even though they all are beautiful flowers. Daisy actually came from Old English word dægesege, meaning day’s eye. Then daisy was passed to Medieval Latin as solis oculus, meaning the sun’s eye. Daisy the flower can actually be eaten, and they originated from Europe. Dandelions came from Middle French as dent de lion, meaning lions tooth. Then dandelion made its way to Medieval Latin as dens leonis. Dandelion the flower can be eaten as well, just like daisies, but dandelions grow everywhere because they are a weed. Foxglove came from Old English, as foxes glofa the meaning is unknown though. Foxglove the flower is a very poisonous plant, if you were to eat any part
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of the foxglove, leaves, seeds, stems, etc. you would be poisoned and would need medical treatment immediately. Foxglove also originated from the Europeans as well as the Daisy flower.
In question number four; giraffe, harem, and algebra are all Arabic. Giraffe first came to English in the 1600s and was spelt the same way the French spelt giraffe, as girafe. The word giraffe replaced camelopard, meaning camel for its long neck and leopard for its spots.
The word harem not only originated from the Arabia, but it also came from Turkey in the 1630s. The word harem had basically the same meanings in both languages, in which harem meant wives and concubines, but originally meant women’s quarters. Now though in English harem has the same meaning as it did then and in those languages, meaning a separate part of the household for wives or female servants.
Algebra as we all know the word now in America and some other countries as a dreaded math class for most high school students. In Arabic though algebra was spelt, al-jebr, meaning reunion of broken parts. Then in the 15th century and the 16th century, algebra made its way to English but not meaning math, instead algebra meant bone setting, coming from the Arab medical doctors and nurses located in Spain. Question number 10 I found very interesting that the symbol for swastika meant well being and good fortune, but then seeing what the actual symbol was physically, which is the same symbol Hitler’s army, or Nazis used back in WWII.
Though what I found also is both symbols come from different origins. Swastika symbol came from Sanskrit, but the symbol itself is a Greek symbol originating back to 1871 when it was founded. In English though the symbol itself was first founded back in 1932 and was associated as the Nazis symbol. Another difference between the swastika symbol and the Nazi symbol other than where they come from and are associated to is that the Nazis had a different word for the symbol, hakenkreuz, which is a German word. Yes, the swastika symbol and hakenkreuz symbol are the same symbol, people who are offended by the swastika symbol cannot really be upset due to the fact that the swastika symbol was created first and then also the fact that they come from two completely different countries and their meanings are completely
different.
Question thirteen is a translation of what bird, horse, and third were spelt like in Old English. Bird in Old English was spelt as Bridd, basically meaning the same thing as it does now, a young nestling. The original spelling of bird though in Old English was fugol, with its meaning being the same, just fugol is the original spelling of bridd. Horse in Old English was spelt as Hors, but it came from Proto-Germanic as hursa. In Old English if you were to use horse as a verb it would be spelt horsian meaning providing horse(s), and then also horsed or horsing meaning playing around and joking. I find it amazing that we still use a definition of horse that was used in Old English, we all still hear “Stop horsing around.”
In Old English the word third has the biggest spelling difference out of all the three words, which it was spelt pridda. Though like, horse, third is actually originated from Proto-Germanic as thridja. Through all the countries and languages that the word third went through, almost all languages associated the meaning of third as the same as it is now, three. I found this assignment overall interesting; I learned about where words came from, words that I thought came from somewhere else. I also learned how much words have changed in their spellings and meanings as they went through different languages. I know a lot more now about words, meaning, spelling, etc. than I did before.
of the foxglove, leaves, seeds, stems, etc. you would be poisoned and would need medical treatment immediately. Foxglove also originated from the Europeans as well as the Daisy flower.
In question number four; giraffe, harem, and algebra are all Arabic. Giraffe first came to English in the 1600s and was spelt the same way the French spelt giraffe, as girafe. The word giraffe replaced camelopard, meaning camel for its long neck and leopard for its spots.
The word harem not only originated from the Arabia, but it also came from Turkey in the 1630s. The word harem had basically the same meanings in both languages, in which harem meant wives and concubines, but originally meant women’s quarters. Now though in English harem has the same meaning as it did then and in those languages, meaning a separate part of the household for wives or female servants.
Algebra as we all know the word now in America and some other countries as a dreaded math class for most high school students. In Arabic though algebra was spelt, al-jebr, meaning reunion of broken parts. Then in the 15th century and the 16th century, algebra made its way to English but not meaning math, instead algebra meant bone setting, coming from the Arab medical doctors and nurses located in Spain. Question number 10 I found very interesting that the symbol for swastika meant well being and good fortune, but then seeing what the actual symbol was physically, which is the same symbol Hitler’s army, or Nazis used back in WWII.
Though what I found also is both symbols come from different origins. Swastika symbol came from Sanskrit, but the symbol itself is a Greek symbol originating back to 1871 when it was founded. In English though the symbol itself was first founded back in 1932 and was associated as the Nazis symbol. Another difference between the swastika symbol and the Nazi symbol other than where they come from and are associated to is that the Nazis had a different word for the symbol, hakenkreuz, which is a German word. Yes, the swastika symbol and hakenkreuz symbol are the same symbol, people who are offended by the swastika symbol cannot really be upset due to the fact that the swastika symbol was created first and then also the fact that they come from two completely different countries and their meanings are completely
different.
Question thirteen is a translation of what bird, horse, and third were spelt like in Old English. Bird in Old English was spelt as Bridd, basically meaning the same thing as it does now, a young nestling. The original spelling of bird though in Old English was fugol, with its meaning being the same, just fugol is the original spelling of bridd. Horse in Old English was spelt as Hors, but it came from Proto-Germanic as hursa. In Old English if you were to use horse as a verb it would be spelt horsian meaning providing horse(s), and then also horsed or horsing meaning playing around and joking. I find it amazing that we still use a definition of horse that was used in Old English, we all still hear “Stop horsing around.”
In Old English the word third has the biggest spelling difference out of all the three words, which it was spelt pridda. Though like, horse, third is actually originated from Proto-Germanic as thridja. Through all the countries and languages that the word third went through, almost all languages associated the meaning of third as the same as it is now, three. I found this assignment overall interesting; I learned about where words came from, words that I thought came from somewhere else. I also learned how much words have changed in their spellings and meanings as they went through different languages. I know a lot more now about words, meaning, spelling, etc. than I did before.