Languages & Linguistics - Posts tagged Latin

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Q&A scilicet: How did 'it is permitted to know' semantically shift to signify 'that is to say, namely'?

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 21d ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How does "drive out" shift to signify "weigh out"?

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Q&A 'videlicet': How did “it is permissible to see” semantically shift to signify “to wit, namely”?

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 2mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A What's the semantic field of "putare"?

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Q&A How did 'repraesentāre' semantically shift to signify 'standing in the place of another'?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How did 'folding back' semantically shift to mean 'reply'?

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Q&A How's “drag” (tractāre) semantically related to “handle, deal with, discuss”?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How did 'in-' + 'putare' compound to mean 'to attribute, credit to'?

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A Why wasn't the prefix 'ad-' used for 'in-' + 'putare'?

0 answers · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How did "put under" shift to signify "cause to take the place of", then "enough"?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 7mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How did 'quibus?' shift to mean 'evasion of a point at issue'?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 7mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How do Latin etymons that end in English in *-tion* nearly always name a process?

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A Why was Spanish the only Romance language to lose the initial "F" in Latin words?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by fedorqui‭ · edited 10mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A How can a prepositional phrase shift to become a verb?

2 answers · posted 11mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 11mo ago by msh210‭

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