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“to conceit” = to flatter, so conceited = to flatter oneself | “to conceit” = to flatter, so conceited = to flatter oneself | ||
|conceive = ''capere'' = con- “with” + [[PIE proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] '''*kap-''' “to grasp” = “w/ understanding” | |conceive = ''capere'' = con- “with” + [[PIE proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] '''*kap-''' “to grasp” = “w/ understanding” | ||
click Expand for words related to '''PIE *kap-''' | click Expand for words related to '''PIE *kap-''' (to grasp, run after, hunt) | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">''to grasp'':<br>accept; anticipate; anticipation; behave; behoof; behoove; cable; capable; capacious; capacity; caption; captious; captivate; captive; captor; capture; case.<br>''to run after, hunt'':<br> catch; catchpoll; cater; chase; conceive; cop; copper; deceive; emancipate; except; forceps; gaffe; haft; have; hawk; heave; heavy; heft; incapacity; inception; incipient; intercept; municipal; occupy; participation; perceive; precept; prince; purchase; receive; recipe; recover; recuperate; sashay; susceptible.</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">''to grasp'':<br>accept; anticipate; anticipation; behave; behoof; behoove; cable; capable; capacious; capacity; caption; captious; captivate; captive; captor; capture; case.<br>''to run after, hunt'':<br> catch; catchpoll; cater; chase; conceive; cop; copper; deceive; emancipate; except; forceps; gaffe; haft; have; hawk; heave; heavy; heft; incapacity; inception; incipient; intercept; municipal; occupy; participation; perceive; precept; prince; purchase; receive; recipe; recover; recuperate; sashay; susceptible.</div> | ||
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|sage | |||
|adj. wise, knowledgeable, learned | |||
n. a wise person | |||
|''sabius'', ''sapere'' for "have taste, be wise" | |||
|'''PIE *sap''' "to taste" | |||
as a noun sage = an herb, but has different PIE origin '''*sol-''' fo "whole, well-kept", thus called for its healing properties | |||
> which makes a good connection to adj. "sage" for "wise" | |||
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|sagacious | |||
|adj. perceptive, discerning, wise | |||
| -ous = adjective | |||
related to "seek", thus "perceptive, discerning" | |||
|has different PIE root from "sage" : '''*sag-''' for "to track down, trace, seek" | |||
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|brittle | |||
|adj. stiff, breaks easily | |||
|from Old English ''*brytel'' | |||
|from PIE '''*bhreu-''' to break or cut up (from which "bruise" is derived) | |||
something that is brittle breaks apart easily, breaks and doesn't bend | |||
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|content | |||
|v. to make happy | |||
adj. happy, satisfied with the way things are | |||
n. what is contained, what is in (pl. "the contents") | |||
|v. from ''contentare'' for "to give satisfaction) | |||
adj. from ''contentus'' for "contained, satisfied" | |||
n. from ''contentum'' for "that which is contained" | |||
|con- (with) + ''tenere'' (to hold) | |||
from PIE '''*ten-''' (to stretch) | |||
click Expand for words related to '''PIE *ten-''' (to stretch > to incline > to offer > shelter/bulding): | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">abstain; abstention; abstinence; abstinent; atelectasis; attend; attenuate; attenuation; baritone; catatonia; catatonic; contain; contend; continue; detain; detente; detention; diatonic; distend; entertain; extend; extenuate; hypotenuse; hypotonia; intend; intone; lieutenant; maintain; monotony; obtain; ostensible; peritoneum; pertain; pertinacious; portend; pretend; rein; retain; retinue; sitar; subtend; sustain; temple; temple; temporal; tenable; tenacious; tenacity; tenant; tend; tendency; tender; tendon; tenement; tenet; tennis; tenon; tenor; tense; tension; tensor; tent; tenuous; tenure; thin; tone; tonic.</div> | |||
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