semantics dictionary

Semantics

Dictionary. Katherine Tovar D.

Group 49.

Agency. It comes from the Medieval

Latin agentia, from Latin agens (present participle of agere (“to

act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence).

Noun: Agency.

Verb: Agency.

Adjective: Agencitive.

Adverb:Agencitivly.

An agency can be also a

action that produce a spe-

cial effect.

Beautiful. It comes from beauty + -ful (“full of”). Displaced earlier sheen (from Middle

English schene (“beautiful”), from Old English scīene (“beautiful”)),

Middle English wliti (“beautiful”), from Old English wlitiġ (“beautiful”).

Noun: Beauty.

Verb: Beautify.

Adjective: Beautiful.

Adverb: Beautifully.

“It is beautiful”. Everything can be beuati-ful, so you should make a reference about what are you taking about.

Cartoon. It comes from the Italian

cartone, augmentative of carta, from Latin carta.

Noun:Cartoonist.

Verb: Cartoon.

Adjective: Cartoonish.

Adverb: Cartoonishly.

A cartoon can be also a

person’s draw in a exa-

ggerated way as a joke.

Dance. It comes from the Middle English

daunsen, from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”) (compare Old French dancier), from Frankish

*dansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch out, gesture”).

Noun:Dancing.

Verb: Dance.

Adjective: Well danced.

Adverb: Dancingly.

Dance is also the study of all the

kind of dances.

Electricity. From electric + -ity.

AlsofromttheLatin word electricus ("of amber" or "like

amber", from ἤλεκτρον, elektron, the Greek word for "amber")

Verb: ——

Noun: Electricity.

Adjective: Electric.

Adverb: Electricly.

When someone feels

“Electricity” means

that has an excite-

ment, anticipation

or tension felling.

Fashion. It comes from Middle English facioun,

from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French féchoun (compare

Jèrriais faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make,

outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”),from faciō (“do, make”).

Noun: Fashion.

Verb: Fashioned.

Adjective:Fashionable.

Adverb: Fashionably.

Be on “Fashion” means

that you are wearing, spea-

king, making up or doing

everything that the socials

trends say that look okay.

Game. It comes from Middle English

game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth,

pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure,

game", equivalent to ge- + man Noun: Game.

Verb: Gaming.

Adjetcive: Gamer.

Adverb: Gamerly.

As a adjective,

“game” also

could be a spiri-

ted person.

History. It comes from Middle English, from

Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from

Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration

of what is learned”) Noun: History.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Historical.

Adverb: Historicaly.

History are also acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future;immediate but significant happenings.

Idol. It comes from Old French idole, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos,

“form”).

Noun: Idol.

Verb: Idolize.

Adjetcive: ———

Adverb: Idolifly.

An Idol so-

methimes is

an imaginary

figment or

just a fantasy.

Joke. It comes from theLatin iocus

From Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”). Compare Old High

German jehan, Welsh iaith, Breton yezh.

Noun: Joke.

Verb: Joking.

Adjective: Jokeless.

Adverb: Jokingly.

When something or

someone is very

readiculous you can

say “It is a joke”.

Knife. It comes fromMiddle English knif,

from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr (compare Danish/

Swedish/Norwegian kniv), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (compare Low

German Knief, Luxembourgish Knäip ‘penknife’)

Noun: Kife.

Verb: Knifing.

Adjective: Knifelike.

Adverb: Knifelikly.

“Knife” also means “to at-

tempt to defeat or undermi-

ne in a secret or underhan-

ded way.”

Little. It comes from the Middle

English litel, from Old English lȳtel, from Proto-

Germanic *lūtilaz (“tending to stoop, crouched, little”), from Proto-Indo-

European *lewd- (“to bend, bent, small”), equivalent to lout + -le.

Noun: Little.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Little.

Adverb: Littlely.

“She is my youngest sis-

ter” also can be said “She

is my Little sister”.

Maniac. It comes from French maniaque,

from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient

Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form

of μανία (manía, “madness”). Noun: Maniac.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Maniacal.

Adverb: Maniacly.

“Maniac” is knowing as a slasher movie direct by William Kusting in 1980.

Nervous. It comes

from nervus (“sinew, energy”) + -ōsus.

feminine nervōsa, neuter nervōsum.

Noun: Nervousnees.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Nervous.

Adverb: Nervously.

Nervous is algo as-

sociated with the

Nerves and the

whole nervous sys-

tem.

Obese. It comes from the Latin

obesus, derived from obedere (“to devour, eat

away”), from ob (“away”) + edere (“to eat”).

Noun: Obesity.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Obese.

Adverb: Obesly.

“That woman

is an obese”

Who? Why?

Perversion. It comes

from Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”)

Also knowing as perversiōnum .

Noun: Perversion.

Verb: ——

Adjective:Pervert.

Adverb: Pervertly.

In the Pathology a perversin is a change to what is unnatur

al or abnormal:

“A perversion of function or s

structure”.

Queen. It comes from the Middle

English queen, quene, cwen, from Old English cwēn, cwǣn (“woman; wife, consort; queen,

empress, royal princess”). Noun: Queen.

Verb: Queening.

Adjective: Queenlike.

Adverb: Queenlikly.

In the chess

“The queen”

is the most

powerful pie-

ce of each co-

lor.

Rarity. It comes from theLatin rāritās;

compare French rareté . Also from a dialectal variant of rear,

from Middle English rere, from Old English hrēr, hrēre (“not thoroughly

cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”) . Noun: Rarity.

Verb: ——-

Adjective: Rare.

Adverb: Rarly.

Rarity is al-

so an

unusual ex-

cellence.

Sing It comes from Old

French signe, from Latin signum (“a mark,

sign, token”).

Noun: Singing.

Verb: Sing.

Adjective: Singable.

Adverb: Singingly.

Nowdays, The

“sings” are a

photo trend that a

person engaged in

to someone.

Tattoo. It comes from the Samoan tatau (“to

tap”).

Noun: Tattoo.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Tattooed.

Adverb: Tattooedly.

A tattoo is an evening

drum or bugle signal re-

calling soldiers to their

quarters.

Urine It comes from Middle English,

from Old French, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo

-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *weh₁r- (“water, liquid, milk”).

Related to *h₁ewHdʰr̥- Noun: Urine.

Verb: Urinating.

Adjective: Uinable.

Adverb: Urinably.

Unfortunately, uri-

ne doesn’t have an

ambiguity

meaning.

Volcano It comes

from Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcanus (“

Vulcan”) the Roman god of fire and metalworking.

Noun: Volcano.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Volcaning.

Adverb: Volcaningly.

“The volcano”

are a grupo of

Japanese islands.

War It comes from Middle English werre,

from Late Old English werre, wyrre "armed conflict" from Old

Northern French werre (compare Old French guerre, guerre, whence

modern Frenchguerre).

Noun: War.

Verb: Warred.

Adjective: Warring.

Adverb: Warringly.

A war can be also a

fight against a sick-

nest, for example,

the war on cáncer.

Young It comes from Middle English yong, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-

Germanic *jungaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en.

Compare WestFrisian and Dutch

jong, German jun, Danish ung.

Noun: Young.

Verb: ——

Adjective: Young.

Adverb: Youngly.

Young is also

knowing as a

surname.

Zodiac It comes from the Middle English

(late 14th century), from Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζωδιακός [κύκλος]

(zōdiakós [kúklos], “circle of little animals”), from ζώδι(αι)ον, the

diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”). Noun: Zodiac.

Verb:

Adjective: Zodiacal.

Adverb: Zodiacally.

“The zodiac” was

a serial killer in

1960 in northern

California.