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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

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


MAN: man'acle (Lat. n. _man'ica_, a fetter); manip'ulate, _to work with the
hand_ (-ion, -or); man'ual; manufact'ure (Lat. v. _fac'ere_, to make);
manufac'tory; manumit' (Lat. v. _mit'tere_, to send); man'uscript (Lat. v.
_scrib'ere, scrip'tum_, to write); amanuen'sis (= _ab_ + _ma'nus), one who
does handwriting for another_; eman'cipate (Lat. v. _cap'ere_, to take);
quadru'manous (Lat. _quatuor_, four).
MAIN: man'ner (Fr. n. _maniere_, originally, the mode in which a thing is
_handled_); maneu'ver (Fr. n. _manoeuvre_, literally, hand work; Fr. n.
_oeuvre = o'pus_, work); manure', _v_. (contracted from Fr. _manoeuvrer_,
to cultivate by manual labor).

115. MA'RE, _the sea_.
Marine' (Lat. adj. _mari'nus_, pertaining to the sea); mar'iner; mar'itime
(Lat. adj. _mariti'mus_ = _mari'nus_); submarine'; transmarine';
ultramarine'; mermaid (Fr. n. _mer_ = Lat. _ma're_).

116. ME'DIUS, _the middle_.
Mediae'val (Lat. n. _ae'vum_, age), _relating to the Middle Ages_; me'diate
(-ion, -or); me'diocre (Lat. adj. _medio'cris_, middling; hence inferior);
medioc'rity; Mediterra'nean (Lat. n. _ter'ra_, land); me'dium (Lat. n.
_me'dium_, the middle) ; imme'diate (prefix _in_ = not), _with nothing
intervening_; interme'diate.

117. MENINIS'SE: mem'ini, _to remember_; Me'mor, _mindful_; MEMORA'RE
mem'oro, memora'tum, _to remember, to mention_.
MEMINISSE: memen'to (imper. mood; literally, _remember thou), a reminder, a
memorial_.
MEMOR: mem'orable; memoran'dum (Lat.


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