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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

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


REL'ATIVE (pronoun), Lat. _relativus_, from _re_ and _ferre_, _latus_, to
bear back: _a pronoun that refers to an antecedent noun or pronoun_.
SEN'TENCE, Lat. _sententia_, from _sentire_, to think: _a combination of
words expressing a complete thought_.
SIM'PLE (sentence), Lat. _simplex_, from _sine_, without, and _plica_,
fold: _a sentence having but one subject and one predicate_.
SUB'JECT, Lat. _subjectus_, from _sub_ and _jacere_, to place under: _that
of which something is predicated_.
SUBJUNC'TIVE (mood), Lat. _subjunctivus_, from _sub_ and _jungere_, to
subjoin: _the mood used in the statement of something merely thought of_.
SYN'TAX, Gr. _suntaxis_, from _sun_, together, and _taxis_, arrangement:
_that division of grammar which treats of the relations of words in
sentences_.
TENSE, Lat. _tempus_, time, through Fr. _temps_: _a grammatical form of the
verb denoting the time of the action or event_.
TRAN'SITIVE, Lat. _transitivus_, from _trans_ and _ire_, _itum_, to pass
over: _a verb that denotes an action terminating on some object_.
VERB, Lat. _verbum_, a word: _a word that predicates action or being_.
VOICE, Lat. _vox_, _vocis_, voice, through Fr. _voix_: _a grammatical form
of the transitive verb, expressing whether the subject names the actor or
the recipient of the action_.

3.--TERMS IN ARITHMETIC.
ADDI'TION, Lat. _additio_, from _addere_, to add.
AL'IQUOT, Lat. _aliquot_, some.
ARITH'METIC, Gr. adj. _arithmetike_, numerical, from n.


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