Day 21 January 28, 2024 Day 21 - Fuse Etymology - (1680s, "to melt, make liquid by heat" (transitive), back-formation from fusion. Intransitive sense, "to become liquid," attested from 1800. Figurative sense of "blend different things, blend or unite as if by melting...

Day 20 January 27, 2024 Day 20 - Cooperate Etymology - (also co-operate, "to act or operate jointly with another or others to the same end," c. 1600, from Late Latin cooperatus, past participle of cooperari "to work together with," from assimilated form of com "with,...

Day 19 January 26, 2024 Day 19 - Synthesize Etymology - ("combine or bring together, unite (two or more things) into one," 1825, from synthesis + -ize. The classically correct formation is synthetize, which preserves the consonant of the Greek stem and which has been...

Day 18 January 25, 2024 Day 18 - Rally Etymology - ("bring together or into order again by urgent effort," c. 1600, from French rallier, from Old French ralier "reassemble, unite again," from re- "again" (see re-) + alier "unite" (see ally (v.)). In Old French (and...

Day 17 January 24, 2024 Day 17 - Amalgamate Etymology - (1650s, "mix (a metal) with mercury," a back-formation from amalgamation, or else from the obsolete adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam (q.v.). Originally in metallurgy. The figurative transitive sense of...

Day 16 January 23, 2024 Day 16 - Coact Etymology - ("to compel, force," c. 1400, from Latin coactare "constrain, force," frequentative of cogere (past participle coactus) "to compel," also "curdle, collect" (see cogent). Related: Coacted; coacting; coaction; coactive....