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Semantics
Dictionary. Katherine Tovar D.
Group 49.
Agency. It comes from the Medieval
Latin agentia, from Latin agens (present participle of agere (“to
act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence).
Noun: Agency.
Verb: Agency.
Adjective: Agencitive.
Adverb:Agencitivly.
An agency can be also a
action that produce a spe-
cial effect.
Beautiful. It comes from beauty + -ful (“full of”). Displaced earlier sheen (from Middle
English schene (“beautiful”), from Old English scīene (“beautiful”)),
Middle English wliti (“beautiful”), from Old English wlitiġ (“beautiful”).
Noun: Beauty.
Verb: Beautify.
Adjective: Beautiful.
Adverb: Beautifully.
“It is beautiful”. Everything can be beuati-ful, so you should make a reference about what are you taking about.
Cartoon. It comes from the Italian
cartone, augmentative of carta, from Latin carta.
Noun:Cartoonist.
Verb: Cartoon.
Adjective: Cartoonish.
Adverb: Cartoonishly.
A cartoon can be also a
person’s draw in a exa-
ggerated way as a joke.
Dance. It comes from the Middle English
daunsen, from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”) (compare Old French dancier), from Frankish
*dansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch out, gesture”).
Noun:Dancing.
Verb: Dance.
Adjective: Well danced.
Adverb: Dancingly.
Dance is also the study of all the
kind of dances.
Electricity. From electric + -ity.
AlsofromttheLatin word electricus ("of amber" or "like
amber", from ἤλεκτρον, elektron, the Greek word for "amber")
Verb: ——
Noun: Electricity.
Adjective: Electric.
Adverb: Electricly.
When someone feels
“Electricity” means
that has an excite-
ment, anticipation
or tension felling.
Fashion. It comes from Middle English facioun,
from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French féchoun (compare
Jèrriais faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make,
outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”),from faciō (“do, make”).
Noun: Fashion.
Verb: Fashioned.
Adjective:Fashionable.
Adverb: Fashionably.
Be on “Fashion” means
that you are wearing, spea-
king, making up or doing
everything that the socials
trends say that look okay.
Game. It comes from Middle English
game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth,
pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure,
game", equivalent to ge- + man Noun: Game.
Verb: Gaming.
Adjetcive: Gamer.
Adverb: Gamerly.
As a adjective,
“game” also
could be a spiri-
ted person.
History. It comes from Middle English, from
Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from
Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration
of what is learned”) Noun: History.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Historical.
Adverb: Historicaly.
History are also acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future;immediate but significant happenings.
Idol. It comes from Old French idole, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos,
“form”).
Noun: Idol.
Verb: Idolize.
Adjetcive: ———
Adverb: Idolifly.
An Idol so-
methimes is
an imaginary
figment or
just a fantasy.
Joke. It comes from theLatin iocus
From Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”). Compare Old High
German jehan, Welsh iaith, Breton yezh.
Noun: Joke.
Verb: Joking.
Adjective: Jokeless.
Adverb: Jokingly.
When something or
someone is very
readiculous you can
say “It is a joke”.
Knife. It comes fromMiddle English knif,
from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr (compare Danish/
Swedish/Norwegian kniv), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (compare Low
German Knief, Luxembourgish Knäip ‘penknife’)
Noun: Kife.
Verb: Knifing.
Adjective: Knifelike.
Adverb: Knifelikly.
“Knife” also means “to at-
tempt to defeat or undermi-
ne in a secret or underhan-
ded way.”
Little. It comes from the Middle
English litel, from Old English lȳtel, from Proto-
Germanic *lūtilaz (“tending to stoop, crouched, little”), from Proto-Indo-
European *lewd- (“to bend, bent, small”), equivalent to lout + -le.
Noun: Little.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Little.
Adverb: Littlely.
“She is my youngest sis-
ter” also can be said “She
is my Little sister”.
Maniac. It comes from French maniaque,
from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient
Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form
of μανία (manía, “madness”). Noun: Maniac.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Maniacal.
Adverb: Maniacly.
“Maniac” is knowing as a slasher movie direct by William Kusting in 1980.
Nervous. It comes
from nervus (“sinew, energy”) + -ōsus.
feminine nervōsa, neuter nervōsum.
Noun: Nervousnees.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Nervous.
Adverb: Nervously.
Nervous is algo as-
sociated with the
Nerves and the
whole nervous sys-
tem.
Obese. It comes from the Latin
obesus, derived from obedere (“to devour, eat
away”), from ob (“away”) + edere (“to eat”).
Noun: Obesity.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Obese.
Adverb: Obesly.
“That woman
is an obese”
Who? Why?
Perversion. It comes
from Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”)
Also knowing as perversiōnum .
Noun: Perversion.
Verb: ——
Adjective:Pervert.
Adverb: Pervertly.
In the Pathology a perversin is a change to what is unnatur
al or abnormal:
“A perversion of function or s
structure”.
Queen. It comes from the Middle
English queen, quene, cwen, from Old English cwēn, cwǣn (“woman; wife, consort; queen,
empress, royal princess”). Noun: Queen.
Verb: Queening.
Adjective: Queenlike.
Adverb: Queenlikly.
In the chess
“The queen”
is the most
powerful pie-
ce of each co-
lor.
Rarity. It comes from theLatin rāritās;
compare French rareté . Also from a dialectal variant of rear,
from Middle English rere, from Old English hrēr, hrēre (“not thoroughly
cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”) . Noun: Rarity.
Verb: ——-
Adjective: Rare.
Adverb: Rarly.
Rarity is al-
so an
unusual ex-
cellence.
Sing It comes from Old
French signe, from Latin signum (“a mark,
sign, token”).
Noun: Singing.
Verb: Sing.
Adjective: Singable.
Adverb: Singingly.
Nowdays, The
“sings” are a
photo trend that a
person engaged in
to someone.
Tattoo. It comes from the Samoan tatau (“to
tap”).
Noun: Tattoo.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Tattooed.
Adverb: Tattooedly.
A tattoo is an evening
drum or bugle signal re-
calling soldiers to their
quarters.
Urine It comes from Middle English,
from Old French, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo
-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *weh₁r- (“water, liquid, milk”).
Related to *h₁ewHdʰr̥- Noun: Urine.
Verb: Urinating.
Adjective: Uinable.
Adverb: Urinably.
Unfortunately, uri-
ne doesn’t have an
ambiguity
meaning.
Volcano It comes
from Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcanus (“
Vulcan”) the Roman god of fire and metalworking.
Noun: Volcano.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Volcaning.
Adverb: Volcaningly.
“The volcano”
are a grupo of
Japanese islands.
War It comes from Middle English werre,
from Late Old English werre, wyrre "armed conflict" from Old
Northern French werre (compare Old French guerre, guerre, whence
modern Frenchguerre).
Noun: War.
Verb: Warred.
Adjective: Warring.
Adverb: Warringly.
A war can be also a
fight against a sick-
nest, for example,
the war on cáncer.
Young It comes from Middle English yong, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-
Germanic *jungaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en.
Compare WestFrisian and Dutch
jong, German jun, Danish ung.
Noun: Young.
Verb: ——
Adjective: Young.
Adverb: Youngly.
Young is also
knowing as a
surname.
Zodiac It comes from the Middle English
(late 14th century), from Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζωδιακός [κύκλος]
(zōdiakós [kúklos], “circle of little animals”), from ζώδι(αι)ον, the
diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”). Noun: Zodiac.
Verb:
Adjective: Zodiacal.
Adverb: Zodiacally.
“The zodiac” was
a serial killer in
1960 in northern
California.