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What is the origin and history of the word motherf---er? There's the imperative ta mere koites, while similar in form and meaning, does surprisingly have no direct relation to coitus (co- + ite "go") but is explained as κοίτη (koítē, “bed”; also "act of going to bed; bedtime", though \'key- "to lie down" could of course relate to \'kom- "with" and *h₁éyti "go", too) and *-ites
What is the real difference between dilation and dilatation? Dilation seems to be the result of an orthographic shortcut, wherein a repetitious syllable (ta) was dropped Then the authors continue to talk about the etymology of "dilate" and "dilatate" before saying: It is for this reason that the OED states that the etymologically correct form is the earlier dilatation and that dilation is formed