Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin. Vitamin D, or the sunshine vitamin, is actually a hormone produced by the skin. It plays a part in bone health and can be a determinant factor in developing many diseases because of its role in inflammation.
Word Origin & History. empty O.E. Ã¦mettig at leisure, not occupied, unmarried, from Ã¦metta leisure, from Ã¦ not + -metta, from motan to have (see might). The -p- is a euphonic insertion. Sense evolution from at leisure to empty is paralleled in several languages, cf. The adj. adeios must have been applied first to persons who enjoyed freedom from duties, leisure, and so were unoccupied, whence it was extended to objects that were unoccupied [Buck].
ostentation; ostentatious; ostentatiousness; ostentum; ostium; ostracism; ostracization; ostracize; other; other choice; other extreme; other half; other person; other self; other than; other wordly; Other wrongs; otherwise; otherwise called; otherwise known as; otherwise known by; otherwise named; otherwordly; otherworldliness; otiose; otiosity; Otis, James, Jr.