The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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ENTRY: | m-1 |
DEFINITION: | Good; with derivatives meaning occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early. Oldest form *me2-, colored to *ma2-, contracted to *m-. 1. Suffixed form *m-tu-. a. Further suffixed form *m-tu-ro-. mature; immature, premature, from Latin mtrus, seasonable, ripe, mature; b. further suffixed form *m-tu-to-. matinee, matins, matutinal, from Latin Mtta, name of the goddess of dawn. 2. Suffixed form *m-ni-. a. mañana, from Latin mne, (in) the morning; b. manes, from Latin mnis, mnus, good. (Pokorny 2. m- 693.) |
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