Shub's Thoughts
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Jul 20, 2019
Wordology, Eke
If we see the word eke these days, it is when we "eke out" a living, but it comes from an old verb meaning to add, supplement, or grow. It is the same word that gave us eke-name for additional name, which later became nickname.
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