Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition v
Introduction 1
The Language of England
The Romans Arrive in Britain
Angles, Saxons and Jutes
The Vikings
Old English
The Norman Conquest
The Middle-English Period: 1150-1500
Modern English
The Renaissance
Borrowed Words
Indo-European
The Homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans
The Indo-European Language Groups
Albanian
Anatolian
Armenian
Balto-Slavic
Celtic
Germanic
Greek
Linear B: A Mystery
Indo-Iranian: Indic
Indo-Iranian: Iranian
Italic
The Romance Languages
Tocharian
Cognate Languages
Questions
Lesson 1 25
A Brief History of the English Language
Modern English
Latin Nouns
Latin Adjectives
Third Declension Nouns
The Plural of Latin Nouns Used as English Words
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Third Declension Adjectives
Suffixes
English Words from Latin Words without Suffixes
Eight Suffixes
Vocabulary
Notes
Provence
The Vulgate
Big Bear and Little Bear
Corpus
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
Using the Dictionary
Exercises
Lesson 2 39
Latin Verbs
Latin Infinitives
Perfect Participles
Prefixes
The Suffix -ion
Vowel Weakening in Latin Verbs
Vocabulary
The Present Participle
Assimilation of Prefixes
Prefixes
Suffixes
The Suffixes -able and -ible
The Suffixes -actious and -acity
Latin Words Ending in -uus
Latin Words Ending in -ium
The Suffix -ment
English Verbs in -ize
The Native English Suffixes -ed, -ing and -ly
Changed Meaning in English Compound Nouns
Irregular Spellings
Notes
The French Influence
Currants, Raisins, and Currency
Exercises
Lesson 3 51
Denominative Verbs
PresentParticiples
Hiatus
Denominative Verbs from Adjectives in -is
Verbs with Infinitives in -i
Frequentative Verbs
French Words in English
The Changes from Latin to French
Doublets
Nouns with Stems in -u-
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Suffixes
Notes
Rhotacism
Derivatives of videre
Providence
The Two Meanings of regere and legere
An Incident in Prague
Exercises
Lesson 4 65
Verbs with Infinitives in -ire and -iri
Present Participles of Verbs in -ere and -i
Vocabulary
Prefix
Suffix
Notes
Cognates
Merry Christmas
More Influence from French
The Prince
Feet
Gentlemen
Unconscionable
Orthograde and Retrograde
Exercises
Lesson 5 75
Inceptive Verbs
English Words in -id and -or
English Verbs in -ish
English Nouns in -age
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Suffixes
Notes
Chile Con Carne
Candidates and Candles
A Bowl of Chowder
The Irregular Verb ire, itus
Prolific facere
Duty
Trivial
Hail and
Farewell
Exercises
Lesson 6 87
Gerundives
Vocabulary
Prefix
Suffixes
Denominative Verbs in -igare, -igatus
Stare, status; sistere, status; statuere, statutus
Notes
Unspeakable
Fate
Best and Worst
Negative
The Day the Sun Stood Still
Stationary and Stationery
Exercises
Lesson 7 99
Diminutive Nouns
Nouns of the Fifth Declension
Vocabulary
Notes
Genus and Species: Binomial Nomenclature
Influence and Influenza
Occident and Orient
Capital and Capitol
Host or Guest? A Journey into the Underworld
Oscillate and Osculate
Treason
Curriculum Vitae
Inauspicious
Exercises
Lesson 8 113
Greek Words in the English Language
The Greek Alphabet
Vowels
Sigma
The Sound of "h."
Aspirated Consonants
Greek Kappa
Greek Rho
Greek Gamma
Greek Psi
Greek Diphthongs in English
Greek Nouns and Adjectives
The Formation of English Words from
Greek
Combining Forms
The Combining Vowel
Greek Accents
Vocabulary
Suffixes
Combining Forms
Notes
Sink or Swim
Phi Beta Kappa
Philosophy
Cosmopolitan
The Meter
Exercises
Lesson 9 127
More Greek Nouns
More Greek Adjectives
Greek Verbs
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Suffixes
Notes
Hybrids
Poison! Pandemonium
Pandora's Gifts
Graphs and Grams
Full Dress
Exercises
Lesson 10 139
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Form
Notes
Greek Mythology
Morpheus
Iris
Echo, Narcissus, and Nemesis
Disaster!
Exercises
Lesson 11 149
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Suffixes
Greek Names
Meander
Achilles
Terpsichore
Heracles
Odyssey
Notes
Ballistics
Anesthesia
Analyst and Catalyst
Palimpsest
Epenthesis and Metathesis
Exercises
Lesson 12 161
Greek Numerals
Groups of Numbers
Vocabulary
Notes
Pedagogue and Demagogue
Prologue and Epilogue
The Metric System Revisited
Hexameter Poetry
Greek Tragedy
Exercises
Lesson 13 171
Vocabulary
Suffixes
More Tales from Mythology
The Minotaur
Procrustes
Proteus
Notes
Genesis
Idiot! Maniac! Oxymoron
Exercises
Lesson 14 181
Greek Words in Medical Terminology
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Forms
Notes
Inflammation
Carcinoma
The Suffix -oma, -omatos
The suffix -ium
Pathology
Anemia
Exercises
Words in the Exercises 189
Appendix 199
Additional Words for Study
Latin Numerals
Notes
Latin Phrases in English
Latin Abbreviations
Questions
Special Index of Stems
Complete List of Exercise Words 211
Index of Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms 223
Index of Stems 227
Bibliography 235
