GC: n S: UNL – https://entomology.unl.edu/scilit/what-insect (last access: 1 October 2024); AM – https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/what-are-insects/ (last access: 1 October 2024). N: 1. c. 1600, from Latin (animal) insectum “(animal) with a notched or divided body,” literally “cut into,” noun use of neuter past participle of insectare “to cut into, to cut
GC: n S: URMC – https://goo.gl/KDzbi6 (last access: 20 November 2018); NHS – https://bit.ly/2GvvTKx (last access: 26 November 2018). N: 1. “chronic inability to sleep,” 1620s, insomnie, from Latin insomnia “want of sleep, sleeplessness,” from insomnis “sleepless,” from in- “not” + somnus “sleep. Adjective: insomnious (affected with insomnia : SLEEPLESS).
GC: n S: ODIHPN – https://bit.ly/2yyiksk (last access: 26 October 2018); UNOCHA – https://bit.ly/2CGXvxu (last access: 26 October 2018). N: 1. 1610s, from French intégration and directly from Latin integrationem (nominative integratio) “renewal, restoration,” noun of action from past participle stem of integrare (see integrate). Anti-discrimination sense is recorded from
GC: n S: WHO – https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330254/WH-1995-Sep-Oct-p18-19-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (last access: 25 June 2023); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/developmentaldisabilities/facts-about-intellectual-disability.html (last access: 25 June 2023). N: 1. – intellectual (adj): late 14c., “grasped by the understanding” (rather than by the senses), from Old French intellectuel (13c.) and directly from Latin intellectualis “relating to the understanding,” from
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2Lmhl7i (last access: 4 May 2019); NCBI – https://bit.ly/2vD7AHi (last access: 4 May 2019). N: 1. – intensive (adj): mid-15c., “intense, fervent, great,” from Old French intensif (14c.) and Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intens-, past participle stem of intendere “turn one’s attention; strain, stretch”.
GC: n S: HLS – http://goo.gl/DwML9i p. 473 (last access: 3 November 2016); Law.jrank – http://goo.gl/MEOcng (last access: 3 November 2016). N: 1. It dates back to the early 13th century and comes from the Old French entent, entente, meaning ‘goal’, ‘end’, ‘aim’, ‘purpose’, ‘attention’, ‘application’, and directly from Latin
GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001146/114621eo.pdf (last access: 25 April 2013); COE – http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/cities/Interculturality_en.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Interculturality is the interaction of people from different cultural backgrounds using authentic language appropriately in a way that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the cultures. It is the ability to
GC: n S: BMJ – https://jech.bmj.com/content/64/2/97.short (last access: 26 November 2020); MAM – https://bit.ly/37ej4mZ (p.2) (last access: 26 November 2020). N: 1. – intergovernmental (adj): Formed by the prefix “inter-” (from Latin inter “among, between, betwixt, in the midst of”, attested in the 15c) and the adjective “governmental” (attested in 1744
GC: n S: UNHCR – https://bit.ly/2f0EJlZ (last access: 11 February 2017); The Guardian – https://bit.ly/2RBzMa6 (last access: 11 February 2017). N: 1. – internally (adv): From internal (early 15c., “extending toward the interior,” from Medieval Latin internalis, from Latin internus “within, inward, internal,” figuratively “domestic,” expanded from pre-Latin *interos, *interus
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/media/media_41118.html (last access: 16 July 2012); http://www.internationaladoptionguide.co.uk/ (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. – international (adj): 1780, coined by Jeremy Bentham from inter- “between” + national (adj.). In the phrase international jurisprudence. – adoption (n): mid-14c., from Old French adopcion or directly from Late
GC: n S: ICRC – https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/irrc_861_gutierrez.pdf (last access: 21 November 2014); RULAC – http://www.geneva-academy.ch/RULAC/international_criminal_law.php (last access: 21 November 2014). N: 1. international (adj): 1780, apparently coined by Jeremy Bentham from inter- + national. In communist jargon, as a noun and with a capital i, it is short for International Working
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.