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[[category:Grammar]
[[category:Grammar]
Terms
* assimilation
* cognate
* etymology
* PIE




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== D-E-F ==
== D-E-F ==
==='''em-'''===
==='''em-'''===
=== = put in the state of ===
 
* ''put in or into, bring to the state of''
** assimilation from ''in-'' and ''into''
 
* examples
* examples
** empathy
** empathy
*** in the (same) state of pathos (emotions, feelings)
** embitter
** embody
** emit
** emotion
=== digi- ===
== G-H-I ==
== G-H-I ==
== J-K-L ==
== J-K-L ==
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== S-T-U ==
== S-T-U ==
=== sym- ===
=== sym- ===
* '''sym-'''
*''alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time''
** = ''alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time''
** assimilated with '''syn-'''
** cognate (related/assimilated) with '''syn-'''
** origin in PIE '''''*ksun-''''' for "with"
** used instead of ''syn-''' with words beginning with ''-b-, -m-, -p-, -ph-, -ps-''
* used instead of ''syn-''' with words beginning with ''-b-, -m-, -p-, -ph-, -ps-''
** from PIE ''*ksun-'' for "with"
**  
* examples
* examples
** symbiosis, symbol, sympathetic,  
** symbiosis, symbol, sympathetic,  
=== syn- ===
=== syn- ===
* '''syn-'''
*''alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time''
**''alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time''
* examples
* examples
** synagogue, synthesis, synthetic,  
** synagogue, synthesis, synthetic,  
== V-X-Y-Z ==
== V-X-Y-Z ==