Take the word dormitory for example. A derivative is a word that is adapted into a language, from another. The Latin word that 'dormitory' was derived from was "dormīre" meaning to sleep. A dormitory takes the "root" of the word, and is made an English word.
The English derivative of the Latin root 'hortus' is "horticulture," which refers to the practice of cultivating gardens and tending to plants.
Ger- is the Latin root of 'gerund'. A Latin derivative of the Latin root syllable is the infinitive 'gerere', which means 'to carry about'. An English derivative, by way of the preceding Latin derivative, is the noun 'gerund'.
Nearly is the English equivalent of the Latin root 'pen-'. A Latin derivative of the Latin root is the adverb 'paene', which also means 'nearly'. An English derivative is the adjective 'penultimate', which means 'nearly last' or 'next to last'.
The Latin root ac- means 'sharp'. A Latin derivative is the infinitive 'acuere', which means 'to sharpen'. Its past participle is 'acutus', which means 'sharp'. An English derivative is adjective is 'acute'.The root 'acu-'.
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The English derivative of the Latin root 'hortus' is "horticulture," which refers to the practice of cultivating gardens and tending to plants.
Carry is the meaning of the root syllable 'port-'. An example of a Latin derivative is the verb 'portare', which is Latin for 'to carry'. An example of an English derivative is the adjective 'portable', which means 'easily carried'.
Ger- is the Latin root of 'gerund'. A Latin derivative of the Latin root syllable is the infinitive 'gerere', which means 'to carry about'. An English derivative, by way of the preceding Latin derivative, is the noun 'gerund'.
Nearly is the English equivalent of the Latin root 'pen-'. A Latin derivative of the Latin root is the adverb 'paene', which also means 'nearly'. An English derivative is the adjective 'penultimate', which means 'nearly last' or 'next to last'.
The Latin root ac- means 'sharp'. A Latin derivative is the infinitive 'acuere', which means 'to sharpen'. Its past participle is 'acutus', which means 'sharp'. An English derivative is adjective is 'acute'.The root 'acu-'.
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The root syllable 'pos-' is a contracted form of the adjective 'potis'. The adjective is the actual root word. The root syllable is its shortened form. Either way the meaning is capable.
To say, to speak is the English equivalent of the root syllable 'dic-'. So the Latin derivative verb 'dicere' means 'to say'. The Latin derivative noun 'dictio' means 'an act of speaking'.
The letters mem- make up the Latin root syllable that means 'a calling to mind'. An English language derivative word is the verb 'to remember'. A Latin language derivative word of that root syllable is the infinitive and root word memorari, which means 'to be mindful of'.
The Latin root culp- finds its English equivalent in 'guilt'. A Latin derivative is the feminine gender noun 'culpa', which means 'blame, fault'. An English derivative is the noun 'culpability', which likewise means 'blame, fault'.The Latin root re- literally means 'thing'. An early Latin derivative is 'res', which is a feminine gender noun that means 'thing'. Another Latin derivative is the masculine gender noun 'reus', whose original meaning was 'party in a lawsuit'. Over time, that meaning changed to 'defendant, accused' and then 'guilty person'.
The English equivalent of the Latin root 'quart-' is one-fourth. So an English language derivative is 'quarter', which refers to the coin that's one-fourth of a dollar. Latin language derivatives are 'quartus', which means 'the fourth', 'the next after the third'; and 'quartani', which means 'pertaining to the fourth legion'.
Possessing a particular quality is the English equivalent of the Latin root suffix '-ose'. For example, the noun 'forma' means 'form, beauty'. A derivative is the adverb 'formose', which means 'beautifully, possessing the quality of beauty'. In the way of another example, the noun 'otius' means 'leisure'. A derivative is the adverb 'otiose', which means 'lazily, possessing the quality of laziness'.