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Q&A If assūmptiō = 'take up', then can ad- (prefix) = 'up'? But why, when super- = 'up'?

1 answer · posted 8d ago by PSTH‭ · edited 3d ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A Isn't lībra pondō circumlocutory? Because both lībra and pondō meant "weight"?

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie "inmost, innermost" (intimus) 🡲 with "make known, announce" (intimo)?

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Q&A How did "dispose" semantically shift from meaning "put apart" 🡺 to "transfer title to property"?

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Q&A How did commeātus semantically shift from meaning "passage" 🢂 to "leave of absence"?

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Q&A How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🢂 in Vulgar Latin 🡺 to mean "put"?

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Q&A How did in- + partire compound to mean "communicate as knowledge of information" (impart)?

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Q&A How did 'videlicet' (it's permissible to see) semantically shift 🢂 to signify 'to wit, namely'?

1 answer · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1mo ago by PSTH‭

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

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How did prae + scribere semantically shift from meaning "write before" ⟶ "a title or right acquired through long use or uninterrupted possession"?

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Q&A How did 'ad-' + 'rogare' compound to mean 'to make great claims about oneself'?

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 5mo ago by dsr‭

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Q&A Why did the letter K survive in Latin, though it was rarely used?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by gmcgath‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Why did the Tironian et survive in Irish, when it died out everywhere else?

1 answer · posted 6mo ago by TRiG‭ · last activity 6mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie vērum's 2 superficially unrelated senses — "truly" vs. 'but; yet; however'?

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Q&A Why does the Latin prefix 'in-' also mean the English 'to', when Latin 'ad-' already means 'to'?

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Q&A How can the Latin prefix 'in-' possibly befit imputare?

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Q&A How does taking, buying, procuring (emō) semantically appertain to destruction, annihilation (perimō)?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 8mo ago by PSTH‭

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Q&A How does saeculum ( “generation” or “lifetime") semantically relate to PIE root *se- "to sow"?

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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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 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 10mo 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 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 over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 12mo 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 over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 12mo ago by PSTH‭

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

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · last activity over 1 year 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 over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · last activity over 1 year 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 over 1 year 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 over 1 year ago by fedorqui‭ · edited over 1 year ago by ArtOfCode‭

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