inflectional+etymology
41English language spelling reform — For hundreds of years, many groups and individuals have advocated spelling reform for English. Spelling reformers seek to make English spelling more consistent and more phonetic, so that spellings match pronunciations and follow the alphabetic… …
42word — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Written communication Nouns 1. word, term, expression, locution, linguistic unit or form, word form, lexeme; homonym, synonym, antonym, heteronym, homophone; syllable, monosyllable, polysyllable; stem,… …
43base — I [[t]beɪs[/t]] n. adj. v. based, bas•ing 1) a bottom support; that on which a thing stands or rests 2) a fundamental principle; basis 3) the bottom layer or coating, as of makeup or paint 4) archit. a) the distinctively treated portion of a… …
44agree — verb (agreed; agreeing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French agreer, from a gre at will, from a (from Latin ad) + gre will, pleasure, from Latin gratum, neuter of gratus pleasing, agreeable more at grace Date: 15th century …
45analysis — noun (plural analyses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, from analyein to break up, from ana + lyein to loosen more at lose Date: 1581 1. separation of a whole into its component parts 2. a. the i …
46aorist — noun Etymology: Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin aoristos, from Greek, from aoristos undefined, from a + horistos definable, from horizein to define more at horizon Date: 1581 an inflectional form of a verb typically denoting simple occurrence of… …
47declension — noun Etymology: Middle English declenson, modification of Middle French declinaison, from Latin declination , declinatio grammatical inflection, turning aside, from declinare to inflect, turn aside Date: 15th century 1. a. noun …
48ergative — adjective Etymology: Greek ergatēs worker, from ergon work Date: 1939 of, relating to, or being a language (as Inuit or Georgian) in which the objects of transitive verbs and subjects of intransitive verbs are typically marked by the same… …
49paradigm — noun Etymology: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para + deiknynai to show more at diction Date: 15th century 1. example, pattern; especially an outstandingly clear or typical example or… …
50syncretism — noun Etymology: New Latin syncretismus, from Greek synkrētismos federation of Cretan cities, from syn + Krēt , Krēs Cretan Date: 1618 1. the combination of different forms of belief or practice 2. the fusion of two or more originally different… …
