Origin and history of E. coli

La Melanesia comprende la grande isola Australia, e quelle degli arcipelaghi di Salomone, di Lapèrouse, di Quiros, e dei...gruppi della Nuova Caledonia, di Norfolk, e della Diemenin....Neri Oceanici, che, quasi esclusivamente, ne popolano le regioni, questa parte della Oceania ebbe dai moderni geografi e...

probably "to call together," as in consulere senatum "to gather the senate" (to ask for advice), from Proto-Italic *kom-sel-e-..., from *kom- "with, together" (see con-) + *sel-e- "take, gather together," from PIE root *s(e)lh- "to take" (said to be...

In English, the mark often represents loss of -e- in -es, possessive ending....By 18c. it was being extended to all possessives, whether they ever had an -e- or not....

1767, from Italian, from piano e forte "soft and loud," in full, gravicembalo col piano e forte "harpsichord with soft and...

pronunciation of some sounds simplified, to indicate the older ("proper") pronunciation; originally it was a full letter -e-...When the umlauted diphthong came to be pronounced as a single vowel sound ü, the e was then written over the u by many scribes...Our "umlaut marks" are simply the vestiges of the two broken strokes of the Gothic-script e. [John T....

form began to be used late 13c. as the plural of that (replacing Middle English tho, from Old English þa) and acquired an -e...(apparently from the influence of Middle English adjective plurals in -e; compare alle from all, summe from sum "some"),...variant of Old English þæs) began to be used as the plural of this, and by 1200 it had taken the form these, the final -e...

But commonly extended in sense to the crushing out of vowels within a word, as in "vi(o)let," "di(a)mond," "wat(e)ry," "splitt...(e)st."...

late 15c., "accomplishment, completion" (of something), from perform + -ance. Meaning "that which is accomplished, a thing performed" is from 1590s; that of "action of performing a play, etc." is from 1610s; that of "a public entertainment" is from 1709. The earlier noun in Middl

late Old English, in Christian use, "an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual grace," especially "a sacrament of the Church, one of the religious ceremonies enjoined by Christ or the Church," and later specifically "the sacrament of the Eucharist" (c. 1300), from Old F

mid-12c., "distinctive flag or other conspicuous object displayed from a position in battle to serve as a rallying point for a military force," from shortened form of Old French estandart "military standard, banner" (Anglo-French estandard) and in part from Medieval Latin standar