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Week 5: Augustinus: Confessiones.

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Etymology Board

Choose four of the following words. For each word, note:

Please do not cut and paste from online dictionaries. You will certainly want to consult some dictionary (dictionary.com, yourdictionary.com, etc.), but please make sure that you write out the etymological explanation in your own words. Example:

tonsure: the way that monks and priests have their heads shaved; from Latin tondeo, tondere: to clip or shear (like sheep); the monks get their hair cut off like sheep getting shorn

When you are done, post your answers on the Etymology Discussion Board at Blackboard. You need to have posted your answers by Tuesday midnight.

abscess
abysmal
amaretto
arboretum
certificate
consternation
contrite
disturbance
doctrinaire
equanimity

exclamation mark
exterminator
fiat
front
frontier
fruition
furtive
horticulture
impunity
indelible
indeterminate
inebriated
insalubrious
irascible
occult
penury
pomegranate
sonar
tacit
terminal


Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring 2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/ for more info.
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