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ubiquitous (adj.)
"being, existing, or turning up everywhere," 1800, from ubiquity + -ous. The earlier word was ubiquitary (c. 1600), from Modern Latin ubiquitarius, from ubique (see ubiquity). Related: Ubiquitously; ubiquitousness.
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ubiquity (n.)
"omnipresence," 1570s, from Modern Latin ubiquitas, from Latin ubique "everywhere," from ubi "where" (see ubi) + que "any, also, and, ever," as a suffix giving universal meaning to the word it is attached to, from PIE root *kwe "and." Originally a Lutheran theological position maintaining the omnipresence of Christ.
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udder (n.)
Old English udder "milk gland of a cow, goat, etc.," from Proto-Germanic *udr- (source also of Old Frisian uder, Middle Dutch uyder, Dutch uijer, Old High German utar, German Euter, and, with unexplained change of consonant, Old Norse jugr), from PIE *eue-dh-r "udder" (source also of Sanskrit udhar, Greek outhar, Latin uber "udder, breast").
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UFO (n.)
1953, abbreviation of Unidentified Flying Object, which is attested from 1950.
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ufology (n.)
1959, from UFO + -logy.
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ug (v.)
early 13c., "to inspire fear or loathing;" mid-14c. "to feel fear or loathing," from Old Norse ugga "to fear, dread" (see ugly). Related: Ugging.
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Uganda 
from Swahili u "land, country" + Ganda, indigenous people name, which is of unknown origin. Related: Ugandan.
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Ugaritic 
1936, "pertaining to Ugarit," ancient city of northern Syria, and especially to the Semitic language first discovered there 1929 by Claude Schaeffer, from Ugarit, which probably is ultimately from Sumerian ugaru "field."
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ugh 

1765, imitative of the sound of a cough; as an interjection of disgust, recorded from 1822. Form ough is from 1560s.

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uglification (n.)
1820 (Shelley), noun of action from uglify.
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