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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

[ME, fr. MF or ML; MF catharacte, fr. ML cataracta, fr. L, portcullis]

0Please check the following line in bold which appears in the definition of 01b01i00cataract02i02b00 in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.02br
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01b00[01i01font00ME02font02i00, fr. 01i01font00MF02font02i00 or 01i01font00ML02font02i00; 00MF00 catharacte, fr. 00ML00 cataracta, fr. 01i01font00L02font02i00, portcullis]02b02br
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01b01font00What do those above words in blue colour stand for?02font02b0-
  

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E. F. L.

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0 M.E. =Middle English02br
00M.F. = Mediaeval French02br
00M.L. = Mediaeval Latin02br
00L. = Latin02br
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00for similar abbreviations see 0500240hrefhttp://www.etymonline.com/abbr.php
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0The string of abbreviations gives the etymology of the word. ME is Middle English (i.e. English from before the 16th century), MF is Middle French and ML is Medieval Latin. L is classical Latin.02br
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00Your dictionary should have a key of abbreviations in the front. Did you try looking there first?0-
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