THE ETYMOLOGY OF ENGLISH WORDS

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[2] By a borrowing or loan-word we mean a word which came into the vocabulary of one language from another and was assimilated by the new language.

[3] Sc. “hus+bondi” means "inhabitant of the house".

[4] Sc. “vindauga” means "the eye of the wind".

[5] By the native element we mean words which were not borrowed from other languages but represent the original stock of this particular language.

[6] By etymology of words is understood their origin.

[7] “Autumn” is a French borrowing.

[8] Cognates - words of the same etymological root, of com­mon origin.

[9] By remnant suffixes are meant the ones that are only partially preserved in the structure of the word: Lat. (-ctus) >Lat. (-ct).