GC: n S: http://ngom.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs/Morton.Holmes_GCAGS09.pdf (last access: 27 September 2015); http://ruby.colorado.edu/~smyth/G101-7.html (last access: 27 September 2015). N: 1. 1845, from sediment (1540s, “matter which settles at the bottom of water or other liquid,” from Middle French sédiment (16c.) and directly from Latin sedimentum “a settling, sinking down,” from stem of sedere

GC: n S: STUD – https://bit.ly/2zoE9em (last access: 22 November 2018); EncBrit – https://bit.ly/2BvxrVk (last access: 22 November 2018). N: 1. mid-14c., “rebellion, uprising, revolt, concerted attempt to overthrow civil authority; violent strife between factions, civil or religious disorder, riot; rebelliousness against authority,” from Old French sedicion (14c., Modern French

GC: n S: http://centres.insead.edu/humanitarian-research-group/research-projects/documents/WP2010-47_UsingORtosupporthumanitarianoperationsLearningfromtheHaitiearthquake.pdf (last access: 13 June 2016); https://elsevier.conference-services.net/resources/247/2182/pdf/CPAC2011_0114_paper.pdf (last access: 13 June 2016). N: 1. seism (n): From Greek seismos. seismic (adj.): 1858, from seismo- (word-forming element meaning “earthquake,” from comb. form of Greek seismos “a shaking, shock; an earthquake,” from seiein “to shake,” from PIE root *twei-

GC: n S: USGS – https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-seismic-zone-or-seismic-hazard-zone (last access: 6 June 2024); SFExaminer – https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/much-of-san-franciscos-affordable-housing-is-slated-for-seismic-hazard-zones/article_434c3984-1428-11ed-a74f-83ac2da776eb.html (last access: 6 June 2024). N: 1.- seismic (adj): 1852, “pertaining to or of the nature of an earthquake,” from seismo- + -ic. Alternative seismal is by 1853. Related: Seismical; seismically; seismicity. – hazard (n): c.

GC: n S: UNCHARTER – http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter7.shtml (last access: 12 November 2014); http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/self_defence/ (last access: 12 November 2014). N: 1. self-defence (n): 1650s, “act of defending oneself,” first attested in Hobbes, from self- + defense. In sports sense, first with reference to fencing (1728), then boxing (1820s). self-: word forming element

GC: adj S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/x4946e/x4946e0b.htm (last access: 10 April 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23139114 (last access: 10 April 2016). N: 1. Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin. Latin, sentire, to feel. 2. Different meanings: Capable of perceiving sensations. Responding to a stimulus. Acutely perceptive of interpersonal situations. One who is readily

GC: n S: https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat507/node/71 (last access: 10 April 2016); https://beanaroundtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/epidemiology-sensitivity-and-specificity/ (last access: 10 April 2016). N: 1. From Latin, sentire. 2. Different meanings of “sensitivity”: capacity to feel, transmit, or react to a stimulus. susceptibility to a substance, such as a drug or an antigen. See also allergy, hypersensitivity. the

GC: n S:  StL – http://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/bri/view.cgi?n=29424 (last access: 29 August 2014);  NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sepsis.html (last access: 27 September 2015). N: 1. From Greek oiNits, putrefaction. Sepsis or Septic Infection, a term applied in medicine and surgery to indicate the resultant infection of a wound or sore by micro-organisms or by

GC: n S: HL – http://www.healthline.com/health/septicemia#Overview1 (last access: 26 September 2015); WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/sepsis-septicemia-blood-infection (last access: 26 September 2015). N: 1. 1857, Modern Latin septicæmia, from French septicoemi, coined irregularly by French physician Pierre-Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879) in 1837 from Greek septikos (see septic) + haima “blood” (see -emia). 2. Systemic disease

GC: n S: http://www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/Pasteur/Kornberg_essay.html (last access: 29 December 2015); http://interestingliterature.com/2015/01/28/a-short-history-of-the-word-serendipity/ (last access: 29 December 2015). N: 1. 1754 (but rare before 20c.), coined by Horace Walpole (1717-92) in a letter to Horace Mann (dated Jan. 28); he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of

GC: n S: MNT – http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/serotonin-facts-232248 (last access: 11 November 2016); Healthline – http://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/foods-that-could-boost-your-serotonin (last access: 11 November 2016). N: 1.1948, coined from sero-, comb. form of serum (q.v.) + ton(ic) + chemical suffix -in. Chemical formula: C10H12N2O. 2. A chemical, 5-hydrozytryptamine (5-HT), present in blood platelets, the gastrointestinal tract,

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=48368&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (last access: 12 May 2013); APA – http://www.apa.org/topics/sexual-abuse/ (last access: 21 May 2015). N: 1. – sexual (adj): 1650s, “of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female,” from Late Latin sexualis “relating to sex,” from Latin sexus. Meaning “pertaining to copulation

GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/whatissh.pdf (last access: 10 July 2016); https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm (last access: 10 July 2016). N: 1. sexual (adj): 1650s, “of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female,” from Late Latin sexualis “relating to sex,” from Latin sexus. Meaning “pertaining to copulation or generation” is

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/shale-gas

GC: n S: WWWords – https://www.worldwidewords.org/tw-sha1.html (last access: 3 November 2024); OpenDemoc – https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/elysium-plastic-people/ (last access: 3 November 2024). N: 1. Used as a metonymy or synecdoche for “shanty house” in shanty towns. – shanty (n): “rough cabin,” 1820, from Canadian French chantier “lumberjack’s headquarters,” in French, “timberyard, dock,” from

GC: n S: BBC – http://bit.do/ezNSd (last access: 26 February 2013); RedcrossInt – http://bit.do/ezNSY (last access: 31 October 2018). N: 1. – shanty (adj): 1836, from shanty (“rough cabin,” 1820, from Canadian French chantier “lumberjack’s headquarters,” in French, “timberyard, dock,” from Old French chantier “gantry,” from Latin cantherius “rafter, frame”.

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11595626 (last access: 2 December 2014), WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs125/en/ (last access: 2 December 2014). N: 1. Shiga (Proper noun): Shiga Kiyoshi, (born Feb. 7, 1871, Sendai, Japan—died Jan. 25, 1957, Tokyo), Japanese bacteriologist, chiefly noted for his discovery (1897) of the dysentery bacillus Shigella, which

GC: n S: CNN – http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/05/europe/mediterranean-migrants-shipwreck/ (last access: 9 October 2015); Shipwreck – http://shipwreck.net/pr195.php (last access: 31 January 2014). N: 1. mid-15c., from ship (n.) + wreck (n.). Earlier it meant “things cast up from a shipwreck” (c. 1100). The earlier word for “shipwreck” in the modern sense was Middle

GC: n S: The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/06/bae-shipyard-job-cuts-westminister (last access: 31 January 2014); BBC – https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67458055 (last access: 12 June 2024). N: 1. shipyard (n.): c.1700, from ship (n.) + yard (n.1). – ship (n.): Old English scip “ship, boat,” from Proto-Germanic *skipam (cognates: Old Norse, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Gothic

GC: n S: Britseafish – http://britishseafishing.co.uk/the-scarborough-reef-dispute/ (last access: 31 January 2014); Inquirer – https://globalnation.inquirer.net/238209/ph-has-every-right-to-ground-ships-in-sabina-analysts-say (last access: 12 June 2024). N: 1. shoal (n.1): “place of shallow water,” c.1300, from Old English schealde (adj.), from sceald “shallow,” from Proto-Germanic *skala- (cognates: Swedish skäll “thin;” Low German schol, Frisian skol “not deep”),

GC: n S: http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308002.html (last access: 15 July 2015) N: 1. Old English scur “a short fall of rain, storm, tempest; fall of missiles or blows; struggle, commotion; breeze,” from Proto-Germanic *skuraz, from PIE root *kew-(e)ro- “north, north wind” (cognates: Latin caurus “northwest wind;” Old Church Slavonic severu “north, north

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5186710/ (last access: 23 June 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/flu/treatment/caring-for-someone.htm (last access: 23 June 2024). N: 1. – sick (adj): Middle English sik, from Old English seoc “ill, unwell, diseased, feeble, weak; corrupt; sad, troubled, deeply affected by strong feeling,” from Proto-Germanic *seuka-, which is of

GC: n S: Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5489 (last access: 13 September 2015); NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/997.aspx?categoryid=73&subcategoryid=108 (last access: 13 September 2015). N: 1. Also side-effect, 1884, from side (adj.) + effect (n.). Medical use, with reference to drugs, is recorded from 1939. 2. A secondary and usually adverse effect (as of a

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/ (last access: 2 May 2017); https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/signs (last access: 2 May 2017). N: 1. Early 13c., “gesture or motion of the hand,” especially one meant to communicate something, from Old French signe “sign, mark,” from Latin signum “identifying mark, token, indication, symbol; proof; military standard,