- Note the verb nesciō,
-īre meaning ‘to not know’ e.g. Nōmen nesciō: I
don’t know the name.
- A camera has an aperture.
- School classrooms often
have audio-visual equipment.
- A criminal is taken
into custody.
- Students sleep in
a dormitory, from Latin dormītōrium (a
sleeping room) < dormiō, dormīre (sleep)
- Impediment is derived from
Latin impedimentum (hindrance) < impediō,
impedīre (hinder)
- The term munitions as
in, for example, a munitions factory, is derived from muniō,
munīre (fortify e.g. a city against an enemy).
- If you have a dog, then
you’ll pleased if it's obedient.
- Science is derived from
Latin scientia (knowledge) < sciō, scīre (know)
- Although perhaps not
immediately obvious, the ‘scent’ of a flower is derived from sentiō,
sentīre (feel; sense)
- Sepluchre, a type of tomb, is
derived from Latin sepulc(h)rum(tomb) < sepeliō,
sepelīre (bury)
- If you give the salient points
in a document, those are the main points i.e. those that ‘spring to mind’.
- Province is derived from
Latin prōvincia (province; command) < vinciō,
vincīre (bind) and so, in the original Latin, refers to those
territories that were ‘bound’ to Roman rule.
- What’s the purpose of
an advent calendar?
- Invention is derived
from in¦veniō, invenīre: find; come upon
something
- The concepts of hunger
and thirst are not derived from Latin; the Anglo-Saxons were hungry
(hungriġ) and thirsty (þurstiġ) long before the Norman Conquest!
Watch out for:
- vincō, vincere [3]:
conquer
- vinciō, vincīre [4]:
bind; fetter
These two frequently occur in military descriptions.
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