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- ...y common in technical and academic vocabulary. Some of the complexities of Latin and Greek based word formation (morphology) are presented here. ==Latin abbreviations & expressions in academic writing==9 KB (1,177 words) - 01:41, 22 August 2018
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- ...English, having been influenced by Old German, Old French, modern French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, and other languages. Thus, English spelling reflects the s | c || /s/ || Latin || ceiling, century3 KB (412 words) - 04:39, 7 February 2017
- * [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/s.latin.stress.pdf Latin stress patterns (general)] * [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/s.i.stem.pdf Latin/Greek i-stem suffixes]4 KB (608 words) - 06:29, 27 May 2016
- ...y common in technical and academic vocabulary. Some of the complexities of Latin and Greek based word formation (morphology) are presented here. ==Latin abbreviations & expressions in academic writing==9 KB (1,177 words) - 01:41, 22 August 2018
- ...verb affixed to the complement noun. The word ''copula'' derives from the Latin word for "link" or "tie". ...y or poetic, especially expressions borrowed and translated from Latin. In Latin, copulas are usually expressed, but in short phrases that are not complete4 KB (557 words) - 01:34, 16 October 2020
- ...ish words with 1-3 syllables. They also work on common, shorter words from Latin (those that came into English long ago). == Latin patterns ==10 KB (1,419 words) - 01:53, 24 July 2019
- ...of the longest non-technical words in major dictionaries. Etymology: from Latin floccus (“a wisp”) + naucum (“a trifle”) + nihilum (“nothin ...that can achieve honors || Not a real English word; this is a long word of Latin origin that was cited by Shakespeare in the play ''Love's Labour's Lost''.6 KB (842 words) - 06:26, 16 October 2022
- ...sand thousands). From there, each subsequent large number name is from the Latin names for the base number plus the suffix ''-illion'', such as two (billion ...differs from the long scale number systems used in Continental Europe and Latin America, where the numbers follow the pattern of million, milliard (1000 mi7 KB (804 words) - 00:06, 30 October 2022
- |more technical vocabulary, especially terms from Latin & Greek; other words are used in a more specialized sense. |more specialized verbs from Latin and sometimes Greek; few light verbs or phrasal verbs6 KB (782 words) - 01:31, 17 December 2019
- # [http://kentlee7.com/eap/en.morphology.pdf English morphology: Summary of Latin & Greek word formation]2 KB (314 words) - 15:35, 27 May 2016
- language come from different languages, and in English we have Germanic, Latin, Greek, and French stress patterns. So learning a lot of rules will be of l ...e noun and ‘ultimate’ is the adjective referring to these positions<ref>In Latin, ultima = ‘last’; pen- = ‘almost;’ ante = ‘before’. I occasiona8 KB (1,277 words) - 13:10, 10 July 2023
- ...nges. With the Modern English period, English became greatly influenced by Latin, modern French, and Greek. Some spelling patterns, for example, in French a ...t/. This holds true for words from Anglo-Saxon, and more common words from Latin, such as the following table, which shows silent ''-e'' with various vowel21 KB (3,020 words) - 06:35, 16 February 2023
- ...am able to read historical scholarship on such topics, as well as ancient Latin and Greek texts. This project will be conducted as part of an independent s ...started in Etruria, in modern-day Tuscany, at roughly the same time as the Latin tribes in the area of Rome. Around 650 BCE, the Etruscans conquered Rome an20 KB (2,957 words) - 06:35, 12 July 2022
- ...'had gone'' or the future perfect ''will have gone''. Other languages like Latin, Greek, and Romance languages use more complex sets of verbal inflections t ...olds true for complex tenses in other Western languages such as German and Latin.7 KB (1,166 words) - 07:24, 23 April 2020
- ...ives in a few dozen pairs of words, including, oddly, some common words of Latin origin. ...n forms. A typical example is ''to recórd a récord.'' These are words from Latin that have become common enough to adopt8 KB (946 words) - 07:42, 11 January 2023
- ...Anglo-Saxon. The dates of their use generally precede the adoption of the Latin alphabet for Germanic langauges, though the exact dates are debated among s3 KB (407 words) - 08:29, 13 June 2020
- The noun ''data'' is a special case. It is a Latin plural, from the singular ''datum'' (a piece of data or information), which ...based on their study of Latin grammar, leading to inappropriately applying Latin patterns to English. This lead to arbitrary rules against the singular ''th14 KB (2,268 words) - 01:15, 20 November 2019
- Note: Words with ''-or'' like author are usually from Latin, where again <th> = /θ/. * thyme (from Greek via Latin and Old French, apparently with French alteration of /θ/ to /t/, as French11 KB (1,540 words) - 04:37, 7 February 2017
- ...at the voiced consonant /ʒ/ is less common in English. It occurs mainly in Latin words where an /s/ or other sound palatizes to a /ʒ/ in certain environmen ===Latin word formation===17 KB (2,448 words) - 05:20, 24 December 2019
- ==== Latin abbreviations ==== In academic writing, the following Latin abbreviations are commonly used:18 KB (2,805 words) - 12:52, 3 May 2019
- ...the following syllables is unstressed. This generally involves words from Latin or Greek, particularly when suffixes are added, causing the tense vowel to ...or short vowel with the addition of certain suffixes. This is part of the Latin stress pattern that English has inherited, and can pose challenges for lear9 KB (1,107 words) - 07:34, 30 August 2019
