Friday, June 22, 2007
thinking aloud
I've been pondering the use of a- as a prefix in English words like: akin, alight, aloud, abloom, alone, ablaze
a- can be an adjective-making prefix. But it also makes adverbs and verbs. At first I thought it was mainly a relic from the inflection system of Old English. Now I can see that the story if far more complicated than the simple hypothesis I started with.
In other word news: "floccinaucinihilipilification" is a pointless word.
a- can be an adjective-making prefix. But it also makes adverbs and verbs. At first I thought it was mainly a relic from the inflection system of Old English. Now I can see that the story if far more complicated than the simple hypothesis I started with.
In other word news: "floccinaucinihilipilification" is a pointless word.
# posted by blue-foot Sue @ 10:58 AM 
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