Monday, October 17, 2011

BP #5

1. (Dictionary)     The etymology of dictionary came from the M.L dictionarium meaning “collection of phrases”. Also it came from L. Dictionarius meaning “of words”. It was probably the first English use in a title of a book by Sir Thomas Elyot’s “Latin Dictionary”(1538) Im very unsure about the word formation so i chose backformation because the ary would add on to the word diction.
Diction                        Ary
(Stem)& Free        (suffix) derivational
2.(Christmas) The etymology Christmas comes from the Late Old English Cristes maesse, from Christ and mass which is the original vowel sound. It was formed as one word in the mid 14th century. The word Father Christmas was first announced in a carol to Richard Smart and Rector of plymtree from 1435-77. The word christmas tree was first attested in 1835 in American English and in German its weihnachtsbaum. Christmas cards was designed in 1843 and became popular in the 1860’s.
The word Christmas is a borrowing word the stem comes from the word Christ. The etymology of the word reflection was during the late 14th century in reference to surfaces. It also comes from L.L. reflexionem (nom. reflexio) "a reflection," lit. "a bending back," noun of action from pp. stem of L. reflectere, from re- "back" (see re-) + flectere "to bend." Meaning "remark made after turning back one's thought on some subject" is from 1650s.
Christ                                                         Mas
Stem & Free/ lexical                                  Bound/ lexical                                                                   (comes from Christ (religion))           (Comes from original word mass)
3. The etymology of foolish is it was made in the early 14th century from the word fool and adding the derivational suffix  -ish. It’s related to foolishly and foolishness.
Foolish is a derivation because of the element -ish
Fool(n.)                       -ish
Free/ lexical           bound/derivational
4.
This is an example of borrowing because it came from the Latin word reflectere.
Re                                   flect                                     -ion
Bound /stem/ prefix       partial stem /bound               (suffix)                                                    
                                    Blends in with reflect           bound/derivational (used to make an adj)
5. The etymology of Operation was during the late 14th century meaning “action, performance, work,” Also it means “the performance of some science or art” It’s from an Old French word "operacion", Latin Operationem, meaning “a working, operation,” it comes from the stem word “opera” meaning” work effort”. 
This is another example of borrowing and it’s a conversion.
Opera                                                    -tion
Free/ lexical                             suffix/bound/derivational
Meaning “work effort”               helps form the adj.

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