Ruminations.
Where does the word "embrace" come from?
"Embrace" as a verb meaning "to clasp in the arms" comes from the Greekbrakhion, "an arm," appearing around 1350. The noun meaning "a hug" derives from the verb and appears in the 1590s; the Middle English form of the noun can also mean "bribery." The OED lists 24 different meanings for the word - 22 verbs and 2 nouns. Other meanings for the noun include "sexual intercourse;" for the verb, "to put a shield on an arm" (obsolete by 1592), "to gain an object of desire" (obsolete by 1500), "to surround" (from 1360), "to contain" (1697), and "to fix with a brace" (obsolete by 1590). The earliest written use of the noun is in 1599, in the writings of William Shakespeare, playwright; of the verb, around 1300 in an obsolete form, in the manuscript known as Kyng Alisaunder. Links.
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