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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