ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “gay” - gay (adj.) late 14c., "full of joy, merry; light-hearted, carefree;" also "wanton, lewd, lascivious" (late 12c. as a surname, Philippus de Gay), from Old French gai "joyful, happy;
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “revelation” - c. 1300, "disclosure of information or knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency,", directly from Latin revelationem "unveil, uncover, lay bare” 🕎Revelation 14;3 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “doctrine ” - late 14c., "the body of principles, dogmas, in a religion or field of knowledge," (12c.) from Latin doctrina "a teaching, body of teachings,🕎 Ephesians 4:14 KJV, Titus 1:13 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “exotic” - 1590s, "belonging to another country,(16c.), from Greek exotikos "foreign," literally "from the outside," “outside" "unusual, strange" 🕎Acts 10;1;48 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “damsel” - early 13c., damisele, "young, unmarried woman," especially a maiden of gentle birth, also "maid in waiting, handmaiden," from Anglo-French damaisele "woman of noble birth"
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “Cult” - 1610s, "worship, homage" 1670s, "a particular form or system of worship;" (17c.), "care, labor; cultivation, culture; The word was rare after 17c., but it was revived mid-19c.
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “virgin” - c. 1200, "unmarried or chaste woman, from Latin virginem "maiden, unwedded girl or woman," "fresh, unused," marriageable girl," figurative sense of "pure, untainted”
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “sex” - late 14c., "males or females considered collectively," from Latin sexus "a sex, "to divide or cut"🕎Matthew 1:15-25 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “tongue” - In the "knowledge of a foreign language.”In 16c.-16c. in the classical revival the Tongues (or the Three Tongues) were Hebrew, Greek, Latin.🕎Acts 2;1-17 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “Easter” - from Proto-Germanic *austron-, "dawn," also the name of a goddess whose feast was celebrated in Eastermonað (the Anglo-Saxon month corresponding with April). 🕎Ezekiel 8:12-18 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “home” - Old English ham "dwelling place, house, abode, fixed residence; estate; village; Old Norse heimr ", “world," “is preserved” 🕎Revelation 21:1-27 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “testament” - late 13c., "last will, expressing the final disposition of one's property," Latin testamentum "a last will, publication of a will," “ be witness to”🕎ROMANS 9;1-18 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “immortal” - late 14c., "deathless," from Latin immortalis "deathless, undying" (of gods), "imperishable, endless.”🕎1 Corinthians 15;50-53 & 1 Corinthians 15;44-54 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “spirit” - vital principle in man & animals," "spirit, soul" & from Latin spiritus "a breathing, breath;" & "breath of god, divine mind;" "the Holy Ghost;
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “country” - mid-13c., "(one's) native land;" c. 1300, "any geographic area," "region, district,” "(land) spread before one," as "area surrounding a walled city or town
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “husband ” - Old English husbonda "male head of a household, master of a house, householder," probably from Old Norse husbondi "master of the house," 🕎 1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “CHIVALRY” - c. 1300, "body or host of knights; knighthood in the feudal social system; bravery in war, warfare as an art," from Old French chevalerie "knighthood, chivalry, nobility, cavalry,”
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “passion” - c. 1200, "the sufferings of Christ(Yahawashi) on the Cross; the death of Yahawashi," from Latin passionem (nominative passio) "suffering, enduring," 🕎Romans 8:18-39 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “stammer ” - from Old English stamerian "to stammer, stutter, hesitate or falter in speaking," "stammering," "utter or pronounce hesitatingly or imperfectly" 🕎Isaiah 28:11-12 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “school” - [place of instruction] Middle English scole, from Old English scol, "institution for instruction," from Latin schola "meeting place for teachers and students;" 🕎John 3;1-15 KJV