Maricopa County Sheriff's Office controversies. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is a law enforcement agency in Maricopa County, Arizona that has been involved in many controversies since 1995.
It was then used to mean 'a sudden state of activity (or inactivity) or state of mind', as in this early example, taken from William Warner's Albion's England, 1586: His seruants fear his solemn fittes.. The phrase 'fits and starts' is somewhat tautological, as both allude to sporadic activity.
Sometimes English imports words from both Greek and Latin that mean the same thing. This has happened in the case of the Latin root word ped and the Greek root word pod, which both mean âfoot.â. Letâs first take a look at the Latin root word ped : âfoot.â A ped al on a bike is for the âfootâ to push on.A ped ometer measures the number of âfeetâ that you have walked.his has happened in the case of the Latin root word ped and the Greek root word pod, which both mean âfoot.â. Letâs first take a look at the Latin root word ped : âfoot.â A ped al on a bike is for the âfootâ to push on. A ped ometer measures the number of âfeetâ that you have walked.