GC: n S: ICRC – https://bit.ly/2saJHF4 (last access: 6 January 2019); ADH – https://bit.ly/2FdJRUK (last access: 6 January 2019). N: 1. – international (adj): 1780, coined by Jeremy Bentham from inter- “between” + national (adj.). In the phrase international jurisprudence. – humanitarian (adj): As a noun by 1794 in the
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2BjmDsA (last access: 9 December 2014); OHCHR – https://bit.ly/2s21wER (last access: 9 December 2014). N: 1. – international (adj): 1780, apparently coined by Jeremy Bentham from “inter-” (Latin inter, “among, between, betwixt, in the midst of,” from PIE enter “between, among”) and “national” (1590s, from
GC: n S: http://www.uia.org/yearbook (last access: 2 September 2014); UNTERM – http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/WebView/229AB7CCD12ABDB2852577BB005F4FFB?OpenDocument (last access: 12 March 2013). N: 1. An international organization can be defined, following the International Law Commission, as an ‘organization established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal
GC: n S: HODE – https://bit.ly/2KW781v (p. 26) (last access: 2 December 2020); ACAOUP – https://academic.oup.com/ijrl/article/1/3/285/1538451 (last access: 2 December 2020). N: 1. – international (adj): Formed by the prefix “inter-” (from Latin inter “among, between, betwixt, in the midst of”, attested in the 15c) and the adjective “national” (attested in the
GC: n S: Addrecov – http://www.addictionrecov.org/Addictions/index.aspx?AID=43 (last access: 26 January 2016); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480687/ (last access: 26 January 2016). N: 1. From word-forming element “cyber-” (ultimately from cybernetics (q.v.); it enjoyed explosive use with the rise of the internet early 1990s; one researcher (Nagel) counted 104 words formed from it
GC: n S: https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/09/20/without-good-interpreters-refugees-are-lost-in-an-information-void (last access: 11 February 2018); UNIGE – http://www.unige.ch/inzone/research/research-areas/humanitarian/humanitarian-interpreting/ (last access: 11 February 2018). N: 1. “one who translates spoken languages; a translator of written texts,” late 14c., from Old French interpreteor, entrepreteur, from Late Latin interpretator “an explainer,” agent noun from interpretari “explain, expound”. 2. A
GC: n S: UNESCO – http://goo.gl/60iInR; http://goo.gl/pCCtk4 (last access: 2 September 2014); UN – http://www.un.org/WCAR/durban.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. “unwillingness to endure a differing opinion,” 1765, from Latin intolerantia “impatience, unendurableness, insufferableness, insolence,” from intolerantem (see intolerant). Especially of religious matters through mid-19c. Now-obsolete intolerancy was used
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/elena/titles/salt_iodization/en/ (last access: 11 June 2016); ODS – https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iodine-HealthProfessional/ (last access: 11 June 2016). N: 1. non-metallic element, 1814, formed by English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) from French iode “iodine,” which was coined 1812 by French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac from Greek ioeides “violet-colored”
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/elena/titles/guidance_summaries/salt_iodization/en/ (last access: 11 June 2016); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509517/ (last access: 11 June 2016). N: 1. From verb iodize (“add iodine to, treat with iodine,” 1841, from iodine + -ize. Related: Iodized; iodizing). 2. The substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds. 3.
GC: n S: PPL – http://bit.do/eBnzx (last access: 21 November 2018); MPI – http://bit.do/eBnAn (last access: 21 November 2018). N: 1. – irregular (adj): late 14c., “not in conformity with Church rules,” from Old French irreguler “irregular, incapable, incompetent” (13c., Modern French irrégulier), from Medieval Latin irregularis “not regular,” from
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10615756 (last access: 3 July 2019); RESG – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221857744_Australian_Carybdeid_jellyfish_causing_Irukandji_syndrome (last access: 3 July 2019). N: 1. The syndrome was given its name in 1952 by Hugo Flecker, after the Aboriginal Irukandji people who live in Palm Cove, north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, where stings are
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs386/en/ (last access: 13 May 2017); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/japaneseencephalitis/ (last access: 13 May 2017). N: 1. – Japanese (adj): 1580s, Iapones; see Japan + -ese. As a noun from c. 1600; meaning “the Japanese language” is from 1828. As nouns Purchas has Iaponite (1613), Hakluyt
GC: n S: DWB – http://msf-seasia.org/blogs/17071 (last access: 4 November 2016); WHO – http://apps.who.int/rhl/newborn/reviews/cd004592/en/index.html (last access: 9 November 2016); MNT – http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165749.php (last access: 4 November 2016). N: 1. The modern English word “jaundice” is derived from the middle French word jaunisse. Jaun(e) means “yellow” and -isse means “-ness”; hence
GC: n S: RSPB – https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/jay (last access: 15 November 2024); WildlifeT – https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/crows-and-shrikes/jay (last access: 15 November 2024). N: 1. The common European jay (Garrulus glandarius), early 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old North French gai, Old French jai “magpie, jay” (12c., Modern French geai), from Late
GC: n S: EU – https://bit.ly/2RRvUzs (last access: 1 July 2019); BBC – https://bit.ly/2xmxVdh (last access: 1 July 2019). N: 1. Also jelly-fish, popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures, 1796, from jelly (n.) + fish (n.). So called for its soft structure. Figuratively, “person of weak character,” 1883.
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2AjK2ZF (last access: 25 November 2018); PMC – https://bit.ly/2FHeVgG (last access: 25 November 2018); MPTJL – https://bit.ly/2znfaYI (last access: 25 November 2018). N: 1. Also jetlag, 1966, from “jet” (1690s, “stream of water,” from French jet “a throw, a cast; a gush, spurt (of water);
GC: n S: Met Office – http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/wind/what-is-the-jet-stream (last access: 8 December 2013); METEOTERM – http://wmo.multicorpora.net/MultiTransWeb/Web.mvc (last access: 8 December 2013). N: 1. – jet (n): 1690s, “stream of water,” from French jet “a throw, a cast; a gush, spurt (of water); a shoot (of a plant),” from jeter “to throw,
GC: n S: NYTIMES – http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/world/for-jihadists-denmark-tries-rehabilitation.html?_r=0 (last access: 15 December 2014); BBC – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-30080914 (last access: 15 December 2014). N: 1. Jihad- from Arabic, usually translated as “holy war,” literally “struggle, contest, effort,” from infinitive of jahada “he waged war, he applied himself to.” Used in English since c.1880 for