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loco & loc TheseROOT-WORDSareLOC & LOCOwhich meanPLACE. We use it all the time because we are constantly on the move from place to place. Note well the spelling of this ROOT and its derivation. It comes from the Latin word locus. You will soon have another ROOT with a similar spellin...
TheseROOT-WORDSareLOQUI, LOQU & LOCwhich meanSPEAK. They come from the Latin loquor & locutus. This is the ROOT I spoke of when we had ROOTS LOCO & LOCUS meaning PLACE. I have mentioned before this that the Latin verb changes its spelling and pronunciation. Since the English word is bas...
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1816, false spelling oflocalin a sense "a place, a locality, a scene," especially with reference to circumstances connected with it, from this sense in Frenchlocal, noun use oflocal(adj.), from Latinlocus"a place" (seelocus). The English spelling with-eprobably is based onmoraleand inte...
—[Laughter] [The Presbyterian Magazine, May, 1858] locomote(v.) 1831, back-formation fromlocomotion. locomotor(adj.) 1870, "of or pertaining to locomotion;" probably based onlocomotion(asmotor/motion). Earlier as a noun, "something with locomotive power" (1822). Related:Locomotory;locomotor...
“From time immemorial the scales have been the principle attribute ofjustice, it being impossible to even a little right with any quantity of wrong” [Brewers Book of Myth and Legend, p.253]. The scales are balanced when they arejusteven, level. The wordsjustandjusticecome from the Indo-...
The word ágō means “to lead by laying hold of, to lead by accompanying, to lead with one’s self, or to attach ones self as an attendant.” Jesus being full of the Spirit when He was led into the wilderness was God’s way of attaching Himself and laying hold of Jesus as He ...