Latin and Greek Roots of English Vocabulary: An Online Manual: Lesson 40 [pon-/pos-]
August 22, 2010
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English Derivatives
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Vocabulary
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pon-/pos- [from Latin]
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(verb) to put
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apposition to compose [literally, ‘to put together;’ to combine parts into a whole.] to oppose [literally, ‘to put against;’ to fight or argue against someone or something.] to posit to postpone [literally, ‘to put after;’ to put off to a later time; to delay.] preposition (noun) [literally, ‘putting before;’ a word that establishes a relationship between a word in a basic clause and another word or words (the object of the preposition): the preposition and its object are called a prepositional phrase.] |
apposition (noun) [literally, ‘putting toward or near;’ a phrase that explains an adjoining noun.] to posit [literally, ‘to put (down);’ to assume or postulate an assertion.] |
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