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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

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


CHANT: chant; chant'er; chan'ticleer; chant'ry; enchant'.
Ac'cent (Lat. _ad._ and _cantus_, a song), literally, _a modulation of the
voice_; accentua'tion; precen'tor (Lat. v. _praecan'ere_, to sing before).

26. CAP'ERE: ca'pio, cap'tum, _to take_.
CAP: -able, -ability; inca'pable.
CIP: antic'ipate; eman'cipate (Lat. n. _ma'nus_, hand), literally, _to take
away from the hand of an owner, to free_; incip'ient; munic'ipal (Lat. n.
_municip'ium_, a free town; _mu'nia_, official duties, and _cap'ere_, to
take); partic'ipate (Lat. n. _pars, par'tis_, a part); par'ticiple; prince
(Lat. n. _prin'ceps_,--Lat. adj. _pri'mus_, first: hence, taking the
_first_ place or lead); prin'cipal; prin'ciple; recip'ient; rec'ipe
(imperative of _recip'ere_; literally, "take thou," being the first word of
a medical prescription).
CEIVE (Fr. root = cap- or cip-): conceive'; deceive'; perceive'; receive'.
CAPT: -ive, -ivate, -ivity, -or, -ure.
CEPT: accept' (-able, -ance, -ation); concep'tion; decep'tion; decep'tive;
except' (-ion, -ionable); incep'tion; incep'tive; intercept'; pre'cept;
precep'tor; recep'tacle; recep'tion; suscep'tible.
CEIT (Fr. root = capt- or cept-): conceit'; deceit'; receipt'.
Capa'cious (Lat. adj. _ca'pax_, _capa'cis_, able to hold: hence large);
capac'itate; capac'ity; incapac'itate.
CAPUT. (See page 30.)

27. CA'RO, carnis, _flesh_.
CARN: -age, _slaughter_; -al, -ation, _the flesh-colored flower_;
incar'nate; incarna'tion.


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