Post by account_disabled on Dec 20, 2023 4:08:45 GMT
I found this word in the novel The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It was in the plural, templates, so it could not be exchanged with the now well-known English word template , which is frequently used on the web to identify a model from which to start in order to create, for example, a site. The term is used in a generic sense, with ample room for imagination. A template for filling out a CV is also considered a template . In the novel in question it was therefore in Italian. However, searching in the Zingarelli dictionary (2008 edition) I did not find this term. This word does not exist even in the online version of the Treccani dictionary. So I did some research in English and I managed to find something.
The term template has been in use in the English language since 1670, meaning "horizontal piece under a beam" and probably comes from the French templet , which in turn is the diminutive of the Special Data word temple , which derives from the Latin templum . And here we finally arrive at the local root of yet another English word. Its meaning changed in 1819, when template indicated a "model or measure for carrying out a work". However, do not be fooled by the similarity of templum with temple. Obviously the latter comes from the former, but the Latin term has different meanings. Templum in fact also means space, prospect, view, and comes from the Greek verb τὲμνω (tèmno), which means to cut, but also to build. So everything comes back. Going back to ancient Greece it was possible to find the right place for the neologism template.
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The term template has been in use in the English language since 1670, meaning "horizontal piece under a beam" and probably comes from the French templet , which in turn is the diminutive of the Special Data word temple , which derives from the Latin templum . And here we finally arrive at the local root of yet another English word. Its meaning changed in 1819, when template indicated a "model or measure for carrying out a work". However, do not be fooled by the similarity of templum with temple. Obviously the latter comes from the former, but the Latin term has different meanings. Templum in fact also means space, prospect, view, and comes from the Greek verb τὲμνω (tèmno), which means to cut, but also to build. So everything comes back. Going back to ancient Greece it was possible to find the right place for the neologism template.
The reviews of the month and the best of Blue Pen These are post binders, i.e. articles that bring together already published articles. For these two columns I use more or less the same format as the upcoming books: the title of the post, the first paragraph as a quote and finally the phrase "Continue reading..." with the title linked to the post. Next posts The reports on the following week's posts have a simple format: two paragraphs to introduce what I will publish and a list with the seven days of the week, in which I better explain what readers will read. Interviews with small and medium-sized publishing houses For the interviews with the editors I chose a different format from the one I had already used. In an interview there must be a clear distinction between questions and answers. So I put the questions in bold and the answers as a quote.