Words for Week 2
Street from via strata, an early Latin word in English
Chester from Latin castra became an Anglo-Saxon word for town. See also castle.
pusillanimous, "mean-spirited", "cowardly" < Latin pusillus "weak" a diminutive of pullus, "the young of an animal, related to puer "boy","child" [> puerile] + animus "spirit" animus "the rational soul" anima "breath of life" cognate with Greek anemos querulous, "whining," "complaining" < Latin queri "complain" specious, "deceptive" < Latin species, "appearance" farrago, "a mish-mash" < Latin farrago "mixed fodder for cattle" < Latin far "grain" forensic, "of / for the lawcourts" < Latin forum "city-center", "marketplace" from the root meaning door, the derivatives relate to what is outside the door: foreign, forest and forum. ennui "boredom", "world-weariness" < French < Latin in odio "in hatred", "in disgust" uxorious "hen-pecked" < Latin uxorius "fond of one's wife" < uxor "wife" panache "verve", "dash", "style" < Latin pinna "feather" gratis "free" < Latin gratiis "for thanks" < gratia "thanks" < gratus "pleasing", "thankful" modicum "a small or moderate amount" < Latin modus "manner", "limit", "measure" virago "a domineering woman" < Latin virago "a heroic maiden" inure "to habituate", "make used to" in + ure < Old French euvre, uevre [oeuvre] < Latin opera
Some Latin expressions using the vocabulary of Chapter I (p. 27)
A.D. Anno Domini "In the year of the Lord" < dominus "master" of the domus "house" in loco parentis "in the place of a parent" corpus delicti "the body of the crime" i.e. evidence that a crime has been committed modus operandi (M.O.) "manner of working" vox populi "the voice of the people" popular sentiment modus vivendi "way of living" lifestyle locus classicus a passasge from a classical work cited as an example N.B. nota bene "note well"