Category: English Editing

Jean Martinet was the Inspector-General of Infantry during the reign of King Louis XIV and a stricter, more fanatic drillmaster…

This prefix has two distinct meanings. First, it can mean ‘with’ or ‘together’, as in combine, compatriot, coexist, and cohere.…

The root fero is found also in somniferous, carrying, hearing, or bringing sleep. So a somniferous lecture is so dull…

The ad- prefix is primarily a Latin preposition meaning ‘to, near, at’; it is distantly related to the English word…

The profession of the sociologist is sociology. Sociology is built on Latin socius, companion, plus logos, science, study. Socius is…

The basic meanings here are ‘roll, turn’. The bindweed plant gets its other name, convolvulus, from its winding and twisted…

Latin verbum is word. A verb is the important word in a sentence; verbatim is word-for-word (a verbatim report). Verbal,…

The basic meanings of this root are ‘heavy, serious’. If you look grave, you have a serious expression. (The has…