Origin and history of Newton

fourteenth letter of the English alphabet; in chemistry, the symbol for nitrogen. In late Middle English writing, a and an commonly were joined to the following noun, if that word began with a vowel, which caused confusion over how such words ought to be divided when written sepa

Used in 1687 by Newton, writing in Modern Latin....

As the name of the violet-blue color of the spectrum, 1704 (Newton)....

But the word, "to intend," which Newton and others before him employ in this sense, is now so completely appropriated to...

Fig Newtons (by 1907) are named for Newton, Massachusetts....

[Thomas Newton, "Lemnie's Touchstone of complexions," 1576] Fred: I still want to sow some wild oats!...

early 14c., "declare to be untrue or untenable," from Old French denoiir "deny, repudiate, withhold," from Latin denegare "to deny, reject, refuse" (source of Italian dinegarre, Spanish denegar), from de "away" (see de-) + negare "refuse, say 'no,' " from Old Latin nec "not," fro

Old English forgietan "lose the power of recalling to the mind; fail to remember; neglect inadvertently," from for-, used here probably with privative force, "away, amiss, opposite" + gietan "to grasp" (see get (v.)). To "un-get," hence "to lose" from the mind. A common Germanic

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

late 14c., solucioun, "explanation, answer; interpretation of a dream; the dissolving of a substance in a liquid, transformation of matter to a liquid state," from Old French solucion "division, dissolving; explanation; payment" and directly from Latin solutionem (nominative solu