1620s, “in the act of being born;” 1706 in the figurative sense of “beginning to exist or grow, coming into being,” from Latin nascentem (nominative nascens) “arising young, immature,” present participle of nasci “to be born” (Old Latin gnasci), from PIE root *gene- “give birth, beget.” Related: Nascence (1560s); nascency.
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sibylline (adj.)
1570s, from Latin sibyllinus, from sibylla (see sibyl).
sibyl (n.)
“woman supposed to possess powers of prophecy, female soothsayer,” c. 1200, from Old French sibile, from Latin Sibylla, from Greek Sibylla, name for any of several prophetesses consulted by ancient Greeks and Romans, of uncertain origin. Said to be from Doric Siobolla, from Attic Theoboule “divine wish.”
annexation (n.)
1610s, “that which is added;” 1620s, “union” (now obsolete); 1630s, “action of adding to the end or adding a smaller to a greater,” from Medieval Latin annexiationem (nominative annexatio) “action of annexing,” noun of action from past-participle stem of annexare “to bind to,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + nectere “to tie, bind” (from PIE root *ned- “to bind, tie”). The Middle English noun form was annexion “union; joining; territory acquired” (mid-15c.).
redress (v.)
mid-14c., “to correct, reform;” late 14c., “restore, put right” (a wrong, error, offense); “repair; relieve; improve; amend,” from Old French redrecier “reform, restore, rebuild” (Modern French redresser), from re- “again” (see re-) + drecier “to straighten, arrange” (see dress (v.)). Formerly used in many more senses than currently. Related: Redressed; redressing.
Piper Sandler Companies
Piper Sandler Companies is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company, focused on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring, public offerings, public finance, institutional brokerage, investment management and securities research. Through its principal subsidiary, Piper Jaffray & Co., the company targets corporations, institutional investors, and public entities.
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Piper Jaffray has 55 offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia.[1] The company was founded in 1895.
Piper Jaffray was named one of America’s 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies by Forbes magazine in 2015 and 2017.[2] Piper Jaffray was also named 2014 Investment Bank of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions Journal.[3]
On July 9, 2019, the company announced an agreement to buy fellow investment bank Sandler O’Neill, with the new combined entity to be called Piper Sandler Cos.[4]
Network Solutions
Network Solutions, LLC is an American-based technology company and a subsidiary of Web.com, the 4th largest .comdomain name registrar with 6,722,545 registrations as of August 2018.[2] In addition to being a domain name registrar, Network Solutions provides web services such as web hosting, website design and online marketing, including search engine optimization and pay per click management.
Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (informally Booz Allen)[4] is the parent of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., an American management and information technology consulting firm,[5] headquartered in McLean, Virginia,[6] in Greater Washington, D.C., with 80 other offices around the globe. The company’s stated core business is to provide consulting, analysis and engineering services to public and private sector organizations and nonprofits.[7][8]
axiom (n.)
“statement of self-evident truth,” late 15c., from Middle French axiome, from Latin axioma, from Greek axioma “authority,” literally “that which is thought worthy or fit,” from axioun “to think worthy,” from axios “worthy, worth, of like value, weighing as much,” from PIE adjective *ag-ty-o- “weighty,” from root *ag- “to drive, draw out or forth, move.”
Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses. [Keats, letter, May 3, 1818]
constable (n.)
c. 1200, “chief household officer;” c. 1300, “justice of the peace,” from Old French conestable (12c., Modern French connétable), “steward, governor,” principal officer of the Frankish king’s household, from Medieval Latin conestabulus, from Late Latin comes stabuli, literally “count of the stable” (established by Theodosian Code, c. 438 C.E.), hence, “chief groom.”
For first element, see count (n.1). Second element is from Latin stabulum “stable, standing place” (see stable (n.)). Probably the whole is a loan-translation of a Germanic word. Compare marshal (n.).
Meaning “an officer chosen to serve minor legal process” is from c. 1600, transferred to “police officer” by 1836. French reborrowed constable 19c. as “English police.”