Chapter 10: Turning Latin Verbs into Latin Nouns
§75. Chapter 10: Exercises
1. By following the theoretical principles of Chapter 10, reconstruct the LATIN ETYMON for each of the following English words, and identify the basic LATIN VERB:
| English word | Latin etymon | Latin verb | |
| e.g. | incursion | incursio | currere, cursus (“run”) |
| a. | premonition | ____________________ | ______________________ |
| b. | conservator | ____________________ | ______________________ |
| c. | adventure | ____________________ | ______________________ |
2. Using a dictionary if necessary, give the ETYMOLOGICAL MEANING etymological meaning of the following English words:
| a. | retrogression | _______________________________________________________________ |
| b. | interlocutor | _______________________________________________________________ |
| c. | dissension | _______________________________________________________________ |
| d. | obstacle | _______________________________________________________________ |
3. Analyse each of the following words:
| e.g. | prescription | < L praescriptio: prefix prae– (“before”) + perf. part. base script– (scribere, “write”) + noun suffix –io (-ionis) |
| a. | introspection |
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ |
| b. | contradict |
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ |
| c. | manufacture |
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ |
| d. | compositor |
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ |
| e. | inspirational |
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ |
For Key to Exercises (Latin), see Appendix I.
