=proposal.= From the Latin word "ponere," to place. Compare
_position_, _post_, _depose_, _impose_, _component_,
_composition_, _repose_.
=unanimously.= From the Latin "unus," one, and "animus," mind. Compare
_magnanimous_, _pusillanimous_.
=philosopher.= From the Greek "philos," a friend, and "sophia,"
wisdom. Compare _philology_, _philanthropy_, _theosophy_.
=moustache.= A French word which has found its home in English. French
is frequently giving to English new words. Compare, in this story,
_manA"uvre_, _discomfit_, _mischief_.
=juncture.= From the Latin "jungere," to join. Compare _junction_,
_conjunction_, _subjunctive_, _adjunct_.
=unattractive.= From the negative "un," meaning "not," and the root
"tract-," meaning to draw. Compare _traction_, _tractor_,
_attract_, _extract_, _subtract_.
=atmosphere.= From the Greek word "atmos," the air, and "sphaira," a
"globe." Compare _sphere_, _hemisphere_, _photosphere_.
=wistfulness.= Probably from the English word "wish," wishfulness.
Several, however, regard it as coming from an old word "whist" or
"wist," meaning silent. The vernacular word "udAes" has the same
meaning.
=abjectly.= From the Latin word "jacere," to throw. Compare
_ad-jec-tive_, _subject_, _object_, _project_, _inject_, _reject_.
=neighbourhood.= From a Saxon word meaning near, nigh; "hood" or
"head" is a common addition to Saxon words denoting the quality or
character. Compare _knighthood_, _manhood_, _boyhood_,
_womanhood_.
=holidays.= This word is made up of two words, "holy" and "days." The
religious days of the Church were those on which no one worked and
thus they got the meaning of holidays as opposed to working days.