Solarim Trading, Business that is both Regional and International
Business both regional and international. There are numerous areas of business activity and related subjects which cannot be covered with an introductory website. Nonetheless the demand for miscellaneous information can be substantial, therefore Solarim Trading, the prime supplier of sulphur (also spelled sulfur), urea, inorganic fertilizers, structural steel has created several technical sections covering miscellaneous topics pertinent to its main line of business as well as secondary areas of general commercial activity.
Incoterms, defined and explained
Industrial Sulphur Specifications
Names and regions associated with sulphur (or sulfur) and Solarim Trading
A review of miscellaneous
Links on and about the concept of miscellaneous within framework of business that is both regional and international.
Dictionaries and modern meaning
- Oxford Learner’s Dictionary — miscellaneous — Gives the modern definition, pronunciation, examples such as “miscellaneous expenses,” and the word’s Latin origin.
- Cambridge Dictionary — miscellaneous — Particularly useful for contemporary British and American English, including the business meaning of miscellaneous charges/costs/expenses.
- Collins English Dictionary — miscellaneous — Provides British and American definitions, pronunciation, derived forms, and etymology.
- American Heritage Dictionary — miscellaneous — Especially useful for comparing miscellaneous, heterogeneous, mixed, varied, and assorted.
- Dictionary.com — miscellaneous — Includes definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and the Latin etymology.
Etymology and historical development
- Online Etymology Dictionary — miscellaneous — Probably the most useful resource for the historical story. It traces miscellaneous to Latin miscellāneus, from miscellus “mixed,” ultimately from miscēre, “to mix.”
- Online Etymology Dictionary — miscellany — Excellent for understanding the closely related noun miscellany, including its development from the idea of a mixture into a collection of writings on different subjects.
- Oxford Learner’s Dictionary — miscellany — Defines miscellany as a collection of different kinds of things and traces it through French to Latin.
- Oxford Learner’s Dictionary — miscellanea — Useful for the older Latin-derived plural noun meaning various things collected together, particularly literary material.
The deeper linguistic connection
One particularly interesting resource is the American Heritage Dictionary entry for miscellaneous. It traces the word through:
Latin miscellāneus
→ Latin miscellus (“mixed”)
→ Latin miscēre (“to mix”)
The Online Etymology Dictionary goes further and connects miscēre with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root *meik-, meaning “to mix.”
That makes miscellaneous part of a surprisingly large family of words connected historically with mixing, including miscible, mixture, mix, admix, admixture, medley, mélange, and others.
A particularly interesting related word: “miscellany”
If you’re studying the history of miscellaneous, I recommend looking at miscellany as well. The two words are closely related.
A miscellany originally represented a mixture or collection of different things, and it became especially associated with books containing different kinds of literary works.
So the historical development can be visualized as:
miscēre — “to mix”
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miscellāneus — “mixed, varied”
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miscellanea — “a collection of mixed things”
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miscellany — a varied collection
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miscellaneous — consisting of various kinds
This is why the modern expression “miscellaneous items” still carries, in a much more abstract form, the ancient idea of a collection of things that have been mixed together.
Business both regional and international.