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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

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


Affable (Lat. adj. _affab'ilis_, easy to be spoken to); affabil'ity;
inef'fable; in'fant (Lat. participle, _in'fans_, _infan'tis_, literally,
not speaking) (-ile, -ine); in'fancy; nefa'rious (Lat. adj. _nefa'rius_,
impious); pref'ace (Fr. n. _preface_), _something spoken or written by way
of introduction_.

68. FATE'RI: fa'teor, fas'sus (_in comp._ fes'sus), _to acknowledge, to
show_.
FESS: confess' (-ion, -ional, -or); profess' (-ion, -ional, -or).

69. FELIX, feli'cis, _happy_.
FELIC: -ity, -itous; infeli'city; feli'citate, _to make happy by
congratulation_.

70. FEN'DERE: fen'do, fen'sum, _to keep off, to strike_.[6]
FEND: fend (-er); defend' (-er, -ant); offend' (-er).
FENS: defense' (-ible, -ive); offense' (-ive); fence (n. and v.,
abbreviated from defence);[7] fencer; fencing.

71. FER'RE: fe'ro, la'tum, _to bear, to carry_.
FER: fer'tile (Lat. adj. _fer'tilis_, bearing, fruitful); fertil'ity;
fer'tilize; circum'ference, literally, _a measure carried around anything_;
confer', _to consult_; con'ference; defer'; def'erence; deferen'tial;
dif'fer (-ence, -ent); infer' (-ence); of'fer; prefer' (-able, -ence,
-ment); prof'fer; refer' (-ee, -ence); suf'fer (-ance, -able, -er);
transfer' (-able, -ence); conif'erous (Lat. n. _co'nus_, a cone);
florif'erous (Lat. n. _flos_, _flo'ris_, a flower); fructif'erous (Lat. n.
_fruc'tus_, fruit); Lu'cifer (Lat. n. _lux_, _lucis_, light), _the morning
or evening star, Satan_; pestif'erous (Lat.


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