Outline of the history of the English language and literature

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English language -- History; English literature -- History and criticism

=Pais= (=paid=-os), a boy; pedagogue [lit. _a boy-leader_].

     =Pan=, all; pantheist, panoply, pantomime.

     =Pathos=, feeling; pathetic, sympathy.

     =Pente=, five; pentagon, pentateuch, Pentecost.

     =Phainŏmai=, I appear; phantasy, phantom, fantastic, fancy.

     =Phero=, I bear; periphery, phosphorus [= the light-bearer].

     =Phileo=, I love; philosophy, Philadelphia.

     =Phōs= (=phōt=-os), light; photometer, photograph.

     =Phusis=, nature; physics, physiology, physician.

     =Planao=, I cause to wander; planet.

     =Poieo=, I make; poet, poetic, pharmacopœia.

     =Polis=, a city; Constantinople, metropolis.

     =Polus=, many; polytheist, Polynesia, polyanthus.

     =Pous= (=pŏd=-os), a foot; antipodes.

     =Pur=, fire; pyrotechnic, pyre.

     =Rheo=, I flow; rhetoric, catarrh, rheumatic.

     =Skŏpeo=, I see; microscope, telescope, spectroscope, bishop [from
     _episkopos_, an overseer].

     =Sophia=, wisdom; sophist, philosophy.

     =Stello=, I send; apostle, epistle.

     =Stratos=, an army; strategy, strategic.

     =Strĕpho=, I turn; catastrophe.

     =Technē=, an art; technical.

     =Tĕlē=, distant; telegraph, telescope, telephone, telegram.

     =Temno=, I cut; anatomy, lithotomy.

     =Tetra=, four; tetrachord, tetrarch.

     =Theāomai=, I see, behold; theatre, theory.

     =Theos=, a god; theist, enthusiast, theology.

     =Thermē=, heat; thermal, thermometer, isotherm.

     =Tithēmi=, I place; =thēsis=, a placing; synthesis, hypothesis.

     =Treis=, three; triangle, trigonometry, trilobite.

     =Trĕpo=, I turn; trophy, tropic.

     =Tupos=, the impress of a seal; type, stereotype.

     =Zōon=, an animal; zoology, zodiac.

10. =THE BRANCHING OF WORDS FROM LATIN STEMS.=

     =Ag=-o (=act=-um), I do.--=Act=, that which is done; =active=, engaged in
     doing; =action=, a doing; =enact=, to make an _act_, to establish as
     law; =enactment=; =transaction=, the doing of a thing thoroughly;
     =react=, to do again.

     =Apt=-us, fitted.--=Apt=, fit: =aptitude=, fitness; =adapt=, to fit to;
     =adaptability=, capability of being fitted to; =adaptation=, a fitting
     to; =adept=, one who is fitted for doing things.

     =Ced=-o, I go.--=Accede=, to go to, hence to agree to; =access=, a going
     to, hence an approach or entrance; =accessory=, going to or aiding;
     =concede=, to go away from, to give up; =concession=, the act of giving
     up; =exceed=, to go out of; =excess=, that which goes out or beyond;
     =excessive=, going beyond; =intercede=, to go in between, hence to act
     as a peacemaker; =intercessory=, going in between; =precede=, to go
     before; =procession=, a going forth, or that which goes forth;
     =recede=, to go back; =recess=, a space which goes back; =succeed=, to
     come from under, hence to follow in order; =success=, the act of
     succeeding; =successor=, one who follows; =successively=, following in
     order.

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English language -- History; English literature -- History and criticism

=Pais= (=paid=-os), a boy; pedagogue [lit. _a boy-leader_].

     =Pan=, all; pantheist, panoply, pantomime.

     =Pathos=, feeling; pathetic, sympathy.

     =Pente=, five; pentagon, pentateuch, Pentecost.

     =Phainŏmai=, I appear; phantasy, phantom, fantastic, fancy.

     =Phero=, I bear; periphery, phosphorus [= the light-bearer].

     =Phileo=, I love; philosophy, Philadelphia.

     =Phōs= (=phōt=-os), light; photometer, photograph.

     =Phusis=, nature; physics, physiology, physician.

     =Planao=, I cause to wander; planet.

     =Poieo=, I make; poet, poetic, pharmacopœia.

     =Polis=, a city; Constantinople, metropolis.

     =Polus=, many; polytheist, Polynesia, polyanthus.

     =Pous= (=pŏd=-os), a foot; antipodes.

     =Pur=, fire; pyrotechnic, pyre.

     =Rheo=, I flow; rhetoric, catarrh, rheumatic.

     =Skŏpeo=, I see; microscope, telescope, spectroscope, bishop [from
     _episkopos_, an overseer].

     =Sophia=, wisdom; sophist, philosophy.

     =Stello=, I send; apostle, epistle.

     =Stratos=, an army; strategy, strategic.

     =Strĕpho=, I turn; catastrophe.

     =Technē=, an art; technical.

     =Tĕlē=, distant; telegraph, telescope, telephone, telegram.

     =Temno=, I cut; anatomy, lithotomy.

     =Tetra=, four; tetrachord, tetrarch.

     =Theāomai=, I see, behold; theatre, theory.

     =Theos=, a god; theist, enthusiast, theology.

     =Thermē=, heat; thermal, thermometer, isotherm.

     =Tithēmi=, I place; =thēsis=, a placing; synthesis, hypothesis.

     =Treis=, three; triangle, trigonometry, trilobite.

     =Trĕpo=, I turn; trophy, tropic.

     =Tupos=, the impress of a seal; type, stereotype.

     =Zōon=, an animal; zoology, zodiac.

10. =THE BRANCHING OF WORDS FROM LATIN STEMS.=

     =Ag=-o (=act=-um), I do.--=Act=, that which is done; =active=, engaged in
     doing; =action=, a doing; =enact=, to make an _act_, to establish as
     law; =enactment=; =transaction=, the doing of a thing thoroughly;
     =react=, to do again.

     =Apt=-us, fitted.--=Apt=, fit: =aptitude=, fitness; =adapt=, to fit to;
     =adaptability=, capability of being fitted to; =adaptation=, a fitting
     to; =adept=, one who is fitted for doing things.

     =Ced=-o, I go.--=Accede=, to go to, hence to agree to; =access=, a going
     to, hence an approach or entrance; =accessory=, going to or aiding;
     =concede=, to go away from, to give up; =concession=, the act of giving
     up; =exceed=, to go out of; =excess=, that which goes out or beyond;
     =excessive=, going beyond; =intercede=, to go in between, hence to act
     as a peacemaker; =intercessory=, going in between; =precede=, to go
     before; =procession=, a going forth, or that which goes forth;
     =recede=, to go back; =recess=, a space which goes back; =succeed=, to
     come from under, hence to follow in order; =success=, the act of
     succeeding; =successor=, one who follows; =successively=, following in
     order.

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