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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

"New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words"


cor- cor-relative relative _with_.
NOTE.--The forms CO-, COL-, COM-, and COR-, are euphonic variations of
CON-.
CONTRA- contra-dict to speak _against_
contro- = _against_ contro-vert to turn _against_
counter- counter-mand to order _against_
DE- = _down_ or de-pose; to put _down_;
_off_ de-fend fend _off_.
DIS- _asunder_ dis-pel to drive _asunder_.
di- = _apart_ di-vert to turn _apart_.
dif- _opposite of_ dif-fer to bear _apart_; disagree.
NOTE.--The forms DI- and DIF- are euphonic forms of DIS-; DIF- is used
before a root beginning with a vowel.
EX- ex-clude to shut _out_.
e- = _out_ or e-ject to cast _out_.
ec- _from_ ec-centric _from_ the center.
ef- ef-flux a flowing _out_.
NOTE.--E-, EC-, and EF- are euphonic variations of EX-. When prefixed to
the name of an office, EX- denotes that the person formerly held the office
named: as, _ex_-mayor, the former mayor.
EXTRA- = _beyond_ extra-ordinary _beyond_ ordinary.
IN- (in nouns and in-clude to shut _in_.
il- verbs) il-luminate to throw light _on_.
im- = _in, into, on_ im-port to carry _in_.


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