Chapter XVIII: Appendix: IV

GROUPS OF RELATED (COGNATE) WORDS

[Rt]AC = sharp.
English derivative.

âc-er = _sharp_. eager (F. aigre).
[)a]c-erbus = _harsh_, _cruel_. acerbity (= harshness).
[)a]c-ervus = _a heap_.
[)a]c-ies = _edge_, _keen look_. } Fr. acier (= steel).
_army in battle array_. }
[)a]c-idus = _sour_. acid.
[)a]c-uo = _to sharpen_.
[)a]c-utus = _sharpened_, _sharp_. acute (Fr. aigu).
[)a]c-umen = _a point_, _acuteness_. acumen.
[)a]c-us = _a needle_. Fr. aiguille.

[Rt]AUG = be active, strong.

aug-eo = _increase_.
aug-mentum = _an increase_. augment.
auc-tio = _a sale by increase of } auction.
bids_, _an auction_ }
auc-tor = _a maker_, _producer_. author.
auc-toritas = _a producing_, _authority_. authority.
aug-ustus = _majestic_, _august_. august.
aux-ilium = _aid_, _help_. auxiliary.

[Rt]CAP = take hold of, seize.

c[)a]p-io = _take hold of_. captive.
c[)a]p-ax = _capacious_. capacious.
c[)a]p-ulus = _handle_,
_hilt of a sword_.
ac-c[)i]p-io = _take to_, _receive_. accept.
(ad + capio)
ex-c[)i]p-io = _take up_. exception.
(ex_ +capio)
man-c[)i]p-ium = _property_, _a slave_. emancipate.
(manus + capio)
muni-c[)i]p-ium = _a free town_. municipal.
(munia + capio)
prin-ceps = _first_, _chief_. { principal.
(primus + capio) { prince.

[Rt]GEN-, [Rt]GNA- = beget, become, produce.

gi-gn-o = _to beget_. indigenous.
(= gi-g[)e]n-o)
g[)e]n-i-tor = _a father_. (pro)genitor.
gen-s = _clan_, _house_, _race_. gentile.
in-gens = _vast_.
g[)e]n-us = _birth_, _race_. genus (Fr. genre).
in-g[)e]n-ium = _innate quality_,
_character_.
in-g[)e]n-uus = _native_, _free-born_, ingenuous.
_frank_.
in-g[)e]n-iosus = _of good natural } ingenious.
abilities_. }
pro-g[)e]n-ies = _descent_, _descendants_. progenitor.
g[)e]n-er = _son-in-law_.
g[)e]n-ius = _the innate superior } genius.
nature_, _tutelary }
(protecting) deity_. }
indi-g[)e]n-a = _nature_. indigenous.
g[)e]n-erôsus = _of noble birth_, generous.
_noble-minded_
g[)e]n-[)e]ro = _to beget_, _produce_. generate.
g[)e]n-[)e]tivus = _of or belonging to } genitive.
birth_, _genitive_. }
na-scor = _to be born_. native.
= gna-scor
nâ-tûra = _nature_. nature.
nâ-tio = _birth_, _a race_. nation.