Category: Language & Communication
THE LATIN ELEMENT. I. LATIN PREFIXES 9 II. LATIN SUFFIXES 12 III. DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF LATIN DERIVATIVES 21 LATIN ROOTS AND ENGLISH DERIVATIVES 23 DIVISION I. METHOD OF STUDY 23 DIVISION II. ABBREVIATED LATIN DERIVATIVES 50
1 authentic 2 person 3 captive 4 _anima_ (life) 5 _melior_ (better) 6 ample 7 just 8 _sanctus_ (holy) 9 pan 10 false 11 _facilis_ (easy) 12 _magnus_(great) 13 equal 14 fertile 1...
11. Chapter 11Α α a _Alpha._ Β β * b _Beta._ Γ γ g _Gamma._ Δ δ d _Delta._ Ε ε e as in _met_ _Epsilon._ Ζ ζ z _Zeta._ Η η e as in _me_ _Eta._ Θ θ * th _Theta._ Ι ι i _Iota_ Κ κ k _Kappa._ Λ λ...
13. Chapter 13CINCHO'NA, _Peruvian bark_: Countess "Cinchona," wife of a Spanish governor of Peru (17th century). By means of this medicine she was cured of an intermittent fever, and after h...
12. Chapter 12BE--gives a transitive signification, as in bespeak. It is sometimes intensive, as in bestir, and converts an adjective into a verb, as in bedim. _Be_, as a form of _by_, also d...
6. Chapter 6I. The complete study of any language comprises two distinct inquiries,--the study of the _grammar_ of the language, and the study of its _vocabulary_. Word-analysis has to do e...
7. Chapter 7AD- ad-here to stick _to_. a- a-gree to be pleasing _to_. ac- ac-cede to yield _to_. af- af-fix to fix _to_. ag- ag-grieve to give pain _to_. al- = _to_ al-ly to bind _to_. an-...
9. Chapter 91 parent 2 nation 3 fate 4 elegy 5 demon 6 republic 7 Rome 8 Europe 9 Persia 10 presbytery 11 globule 12 _luna_ (the moon) 13 _oculus_ (the eye) 14 consul 15 _sol_ (the sun) 16...
8. Chapter 81 conspire 2 marry 3 forbear 4 repent 5 ply 6 abase 7 excel 8 prosper 9 enjoy 10 accompany 11 depart 12 abound 13 abhor 14 compose 15 deride (_deris_-)
5. Chapter 5MISCELLANEOUS DERIVATIVES. I. WORDS DERIVED FROM THE NAMES OF PERSONS 142 1. NOUNS 142 2. ADJECTIVES 144 II. WORDS DERIVED FROM THE NAMES OF PLACES 146 III. ETYMOLOGY OF WORDS U...
2. Chapter 2THE LATIN ELEMENT. I. LATIN PREFIXES 9 II. LATIN SUFFIXES 12 III. DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF LATIN DERIVATIVES 21 LATIN ROOTS AND ENGLISH DERIVATIVES 23 DIVISION I. METHOD OF ST...
4. Chapter 4THE ANGLO-SAXON ELEMENT. I. ANGLO-SAXON PREFIXES 125 II. ANGLO-SAXON SUFFIXES 125 ANGLO-SAXON ROOTS AND ENGLISH DERIVATIVES 127 SPECIMENS OF ANGLO-SAXON 132 SPECIMENS OF SEMI-SA...
3. Chapter 31. Chapter 1