The word "Bunch" is built on ancient words that mean "Bundle."
#Bunched #Bunching #Bunches #BunchesAndBunches
The word "Party" is built on ancient words that mean "to Grant- or |Allot-a Part, Piece or Share."
#Parties #Partying #Partied #PartyLine #TeaParty #Partisan #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty (a.k.a. the #GOP #GrandOldParty) #BiPartisan #Tripartisan #ThirdParty (usually the #LibertarianParty, but the term (in July 2022) still refers to 'any party other than the "established" two') #ThePartyIsOver #PartyPooper
The word "Gang" is built on ancient words that mean "Journey, Way, Passage" or "Group of Men, a Set" (but not directly related to "Go").
#GangOfFour #GangBang #GangPlank #Gangbusters #ChainGang #Ganged #Ganging #GangUp #GangOfThieves #GangOfRoughs #Gangway #Gangland #Gangster #PressGang #Gangs #GangWars
The word "Array" is built on ancient words that mean "Ready To ..." (to Place In |Order).
#Arrayed #Arraying #Arrays #Disarray
The word "Cadre" is built on ancient words that mean "|Square (Picture-|Frame)" (see Four).
The word "Posse" is built on ancient words that mean "to have Power, be Able" (see Potent).
#PosseComitatus #Posses
The word "Brigade" (also the name of a political forum I frequented) is built on ancient words that mean "|Heavy."
#Brigadier #Brigand #Brigantine #Brigades
The word "Platoon" is built on ancient words that mean "Little Ball" (see Pellet ... also a Baseball-term for "Alternating one Player for another (in the same Position)" ... I also notice they say it's related to Peloton, the Stationary-Bike named after the Biking-term for 'Bikes Biking in a Cluster').
#Platoons
The word "Battalion" is built on ancient words that mean "to Beat" (see Batter).
#Battalions
The word "Department" is built on ancient words that mean "to Part-, Divide- (a Piece, Share; to Grant, |Allot) From (see |De-)."
#Departmental #Dept. #DepartmentStore #Departments
The word "Personnel" is built on ancient words that mean "Persons Engaged in any Service."
#PersonnelDepartment #PersonnelOffice
The word "Staff" is built on ancient words that mean "Post, Stem, to Support, Place Firmly on, Fasten" (also the foundation beneath ancient words that mean "Idol, Pillar, Encircle, Wreathe, Grapevine").
#Distaff #Flagstaff #Packstaff #Pikestaff #Quarterstaff #Staffer #Stave #Tipstaff #Waitstaff #StaffOfficer #StaffSergeant #StaffOfLife (from Leviticus 26:26 #BreakTheStaffOfBread)
The word "League" is built on ancient words that mean "to Tie, |Bind" (if not referring to "a distance of about three statute Miles" #TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea ... its use is more 'poetic' than 'practical' (sort of the way songs use the word 'Mile' to mean "an |Arduous Distance")).
#Leagued #Leaguing #Leagues #Interleague #LeagueOfNations #JusticeLeague #MajorLeague (i.e. #BigLeague) #MinorLeague #MinorLeagueBaseball
The word "Tie" is built on ancient words that mean "to Lead" (also the foundation beneath ancient words that mean "to Draw, Pull, Drag").
#TieDie #TieIn #Ties #Tied #Tying #Untie #BlackTie #BowTie #CrossTie #Necktie #RailwayTie #TieGame #TieBreaker #OldSchoolNectkie (as opposed to a clip-on)
The word "Chum" is University-slang for "Roommate" and -is short for "Chamber-Mate" (or is a word for "|Shark- (or other Fish)-Bait," built on words that mean "Food").
#Chums #Chummy #Chumship #Chummery #Chummage #Chummy #Chumminess
The word "Hobnob" is built on ancient words that mean "to Have (Take) or Not Have (|Nor Take)" (a common Toast to Social Neighbors who Buy each other Alternate |Rounds of Drinks).
#Hobnobbed #Hobnobbing #Habnab
The word "Pal" (a title Michael Knight often gave K.I.T.T.) is built on Romany (English Gypsy) ancient words that mean "Brother, Comrade."
#Pals #Palled #Palling #PalIn #PalUp #PalRound #PalAround #PalsyWalsy #Pally #PenPal #OldBuddyOldPalOMine
The word "Sort" is built on ancient words that mean "to Line up."
#Sorts #Sorted #Sorting #Unsorted #AllSorts #Sorta #OutOfSorts
The word "Pair" is built on ancient words that mean "Equally Equal-Sized, Well-Matched" (see Par).
#Pairs #Paired #Pairing #AuPair #PairOff #PairUp #PairBond (originally referring to birds' lifelong mating ... root of the idea that 'Love' (and such flittering things) is just #ForTheBirds?)
The word "Yoke" is built on ancient words that mean "to Join."
#Yokes #Yoked #Yoking #EquallyYoked
The word "Duo" is built on ancient words that mean "Two."
#Duodecimal
The word "Rig" is built on C.A.N.O.E. ancient words that mean "to Fit (a Ship) with Necessary Tackle, Make it Ready for Sea" (possibly on 'deeper foundations' that mean "to |Equip, Harness, |Bind").
#Rigs #Rigged #Rigging #SUFFIXrigged #Rigger #RigTheMarket
The word "Tandem" is built on ancient words that mean "At Length (of Time), At Last, So Much" (I had only heard the 'Bicycle Built for Two'-meaning, but they say it originally referred to Carriage-Horses Harnessed One-behind-the-Other---leading to the Jocular use of the ancient words).
#ProTanto
The word "Harnessed" is built on ancient words that mean "Army (Harry) Provisions (Nostalgia)."
#Harness #Harnessing #Harnesses #Unharness
The word "Bridled" is built on ancient words that mean "|Braid."
#Bridle #Bridling #Bridles #BridleUp #BridlePath #Unbridled
The word "Hitched" is probably built on the Grunts one Expresses while-Sliding one's Boots or Pants on, or (C.A.N.O.E. would prefer) -Tightening one's Tie-up at the Dock (and any number of other meanings).
#Hitcher #Hitchhike #Hitch #Hitching #Hitches #Hitchhiker #Unhitch #Unhitches #Unhitched #Unhitching #HitchYourWagonToAStar!🤩 #HitchHorsesTogether
The word "Join" is built on #yeug- - a guessed-at ancient word that also serves as foundation for words that mean "Adjust, |Conjugal, |Conjugate, |Conjugation, |Conjunct, |Conjunction, Disjointed, |Injunction, |Jugular, |Jostle, Joust, |Joinder, Joint, Jointure, |Junction, |Juncture, |Junta, Juxtapose, Juxtaposition, |Subjugate, |Subjugation, |Subjunctive, |Syzygy, |Yoga, |Zeugma, |Zygoma, |Zygomatic, |Zygote" (we can guess at those words from "Fasten to a Yoke, |Bind, Harness, Union, Unite").
#Joiner #Joins #Joined #Joining #Unjoin #Unjoins #Unjoined #Unjoining #Rejoin #Rejoins #Rejoined #Rejoining #JoinOn #JoinUp #IfYouCantBeatThemJoinThem #JoinedAtTheHip #ConjoinedTwins #Conjoined #Conjoin #Conjoins #Conjoining #Enjoin #Enjoins #Enjoined #Enjoining #Adjoining
The word "Combine" is built on ancient words that mean "With Two, Both Together."
#Combination #Combines #Combined #Combining #Combinative #Recombine #Recombines #Recombined #Recombining ... also the shortening of #CombineHarvester or #CombineMower (because it Cuts AND Threshes & Cleans)
The word "Link" (a word that it seems I should've started-with, as #Linking is my main 'skill-set' here!) is built on ancient words that mean "to Bend, Turn" (related to Lank, Flank, Flinch) or (for the 'Torch of "Portable Fuel" (Tow, Pitch, etc.)'-definition) ancient words that mean "Light, Brightness" or (for the 'Packed Sandy Ground on a Golf-Course') the same ancient words as those that support the verb "Lean."
#Links #Linked #Hyperlink #Hyperlinks #Hyperlinking #Hyperlinked #ClickTheLink #ClickingLinks #LinkUp #Linkage #MissingLink #Uplink #Unlink
The word "Amalgamate" is built on ancient words that mean "Gold or Silver or etc. |Softened by |Alloying with Mercury" (probably from more-ancient words that mean "|Emollient (and |Warm) |Poultice or |Unguent for |Sores").
#Amalgam #Amalgamation #Amalgamize #Amalgamated #Amalgamating #Amalgamates #Amalgamizes #Amalgamized #Amalgamizing
The word "Integrate" is built on ancient words that mean "to Touch-, Handle Not" (I know #Integrated sounds a lot like 'Interwoven'--LOTS of Touching & Handling--but #Integration ALSO refers to "Restoring the Unified Parts as if they'd NEVER been Separated").
#Integrating #Integrates #Disintegrate #Reintegrate #Disintegrates #Disintegrated #Disintegrating #Disintegration #Reintegrates #Reintegrated #Reintegrating #Reintegration
The word "Fraternize" is built on ancient words that mean "Brotherly."
#Frat #Fraternity #Fraternal #Fraternizes #Fraternized #Fraternizing #Fraternization #Frats #Fraternities #Fraternally #Fraternise
The word "Club" is built on ancient words that mean "|Cudgel" (related to |Clump).
#Clubs #Clubbed #Clubbing #JoinTheClub #BallClub #Clubbable #Clubby #ClubFist #ClubFoot #Clubhouse #ClubMoss #Nightclub #ClubSuit (the #AceOfClubs etc.) #ClubSoda (name originally owned by Cantrell & Cochrane, Dublin) #ClubCar (train-car fitted with extra amenities ... better than "transit" but not quite "first-class") #ClubSandwich (invented at Saratoga #CountryClub in New York)
The word "Match" is built on ancient words that mean "to Knead, Fashion, Fit" or (referring to the Fire-Lighter) "Slimy, |Slippery (the Mucus that hangs from a |Nostril the same way a |Wick hangs from the |Spout of a |Lamp).
#MatchGirl #Matchbook #Matchhead #Matchboard #Matchwood #Matches #Matched #Matching #Matchless #Matchmaker #Mismatch #Overmatch #Rematch #Unmatched #Matchbox #Matchlock #Rematch
The word "Suit" is built on ancient words that mean "to Attend, Follow."
#Sutability #Suitable #Suitcase #Suitor #Suite #Suits #Suited #Suiting #Unsuited #Catsuit #Lawsuit #Pantsuit #Spacesuit #Swimsuit #Suitably #Suitableness #SuitYourself #SuitUp #FollowSuit #CardSuits (on the notion of Livery #HeartsSuit #ClubsSuit #DiamondsSuit #SpadesSuit)
The word "Formal" is built on ancient words that mean "Form, Figure, Shape."
it's also what the kids call their school's #FormalDance ... #Formally #Formality #Formalism #Formalize #Informal #Informally
... and finally ...The word “Corps” is built on ancient words that mean "Body (yes, like |Corpse ... of which 'Corps' is actually a doublet)" (with deeper foundations that mean Form, Appearance).
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