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Possible etymology for Rodina
ordinal
c.1410, from L.L. ordinalis "showing order," from L. ordo (gen. ordinis) "row, series" (see order).
ordinary
c.1400, from O.Fr. ordinarie, from L. ordinarius "customary, regular, usual, orderly," from ordo (gen. ordinis) "order." Noun usages, common until 19c., now largely extinct except in out of the ordinary.
Godiva
d.1067, Lady of Coventry and wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Legend first recorded 100 years after her death, by Roger of Wendover. "Peeping Tom" aspect added by 1659.
iodine
1814, formed by British chemist Sir Humphry Davy from Fr. iode "iodine," coined 1812 by Fr. chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac from Gk. ioeides "violet-colored," from ion "violet" + eidos "appearance;" so called from the color of the vapor given off when the crystals are heated.
nominal
14c., from L. nominalis "pertaining to a name or names," from nomen (gen. nominis) "name." Meaning "being so in name only" first recorded 1624.
Odin
chief Teutonic god, from O.N. O?uinn, from P.Gmc. *Wod-enaz- (source of O.E. Woden, O.H.G. Wuotan), probably from *wod-eno-/*wod-ono- "raging, mad, inspired," from base *wet- "to blow, inspire, spiritually arouse."
radiant
c.1450, from M.Fr. radiant, from L. radiantem (nom. radians) "shining," prp. of radiare "to beam, shine." Of beauty, etc., first attested 1509. Radiance is 1601, from M.L. radiantia "brightness," from radiare.
radical
14c., from L.L. radicalis "of or having roots," from L. radix (gen. radicis) "root." Political sense of "reformist" (via notion of "change from the roots") is first recorded 1800, of the extreme section of the British Liberal party; meaning "unconventional" is from 1920s. U.S. youth slang use is from 1983, from 1970s surfer slang meaning "at the limits of control."
retina
1392, from M.L. retina, probably from V.L. (tunica) *retina, lit. "net-like tunic," on resemblance to the network of blood vessels at the back of the eye, and ult. from L. rete "net." The V.L. phrase may be a translation of Ar. (tabaqa) sabakiva "netlike layer," itself a translation of Gk. amphiblestroeides (khiton).
riding
one of the three districts into which Yorkshire was divided, a relic of Viking rule, from O.N. ?uri?ujungr "third part," from ?uri?ui "third." The initial consonant merged with preceding north, west, or east.
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