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BON APPETITE
- Enjoy your meal
- Borrowing from French bon appétit, from bon (“good”) + appétit (“appetite”).
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PAS DE DEUX
- a dance for two performers
- Origin of PAS DE DEUX French, literally, step for two First Known Use: circa 1762
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CARTE BLANCE
- To do what you want
- late 17th century: French, literally ‘blank paper’ (i.e., a blank sheet on which to write whatever one wishes
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QUID PRO QUO
- Something for something
- Origin of QUID PRO QUO New Latin, something for something First Known Use: 1582
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CAVEAT EMPTOR
- law the principle that a person who buys something is responsible for making sure that it is in good condition, works properly, etc.
- Origin of CAVEAT EMPTOR New Latin, let the buyer beware First Known Use: 1523
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AB-
- 1. a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”: abdicate; abolition.
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HYPER
- Greek, representing hypér over, above; cognate with Latin super (see super-
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AN-
- a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means “not,” “without,” “lacking” (anarchy; anecdote);
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