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swamp - Etymology dictionary

10.10.2020 — 1624 (first used by Capt. John Smith, in reference to Virginia), perhaps a dialectal survival from an O.E. cognate of O.N. svoppr sponge, fungus, from P.Gmc.
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organomegaly - Medical dictionary

04.08.2020 — SYN: visceromegaly. * * * or·ga·no·meg·a·ly .ȯr gə nō meg ə lē n, pl lies abnormal enlargement of the viscera called also splanchnomegaly, visceromegaly ...
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variance - Etymology dictionary

03.11.2020 — mid 14c., fact of undergoing change, from O.Fr. variance, from L. variantia, from variare to change (see VARY (Cf. vary)). Meaning state of disagreement is ...
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cuckold - Etymology dictionary

05.10.2020 — {11}}cuckold (n.) mid 13c., kukewald, from O.Fr. cucuault, from cocu (see CUCKOO (Cf. cuckoo)) + pejorative suffix ault, of Germanic origin. So called from the ...