In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PRENOTION
Etymology
Noun
prenotion (plural prenotions)
foreknowledge.
Anagrams
• entropion, pontonier, tropinone
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*no"tion n. Etym: [L. praenotio: cf. F. prénotion. See Prenostic.]
Definition: A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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