Thanks John!
8-)
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: John Allred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Just see it and you will not lose...
> Andrew,
>
> I apologize for not being more precise. Quality comes from the Latin
> noun, qualitas, which was formed from the Latin adjective, qualis,
> meaning "of what sort." Nouns of this sort came forward into English
> whole, with "itas" changed to "ity." The suffix was not added to an
> extant English word in this case.
>
> The verb, concern, also comes from Latin "con" (together) + "cerno"
> (see; discern), hence, "see together." The more modern meaning of
> concern is, "to pertain or relate to (and a couple of others)." The
> noun, concern, has the same spelling and means, "a matter that relates
> to or affects one."
>
> My point was that adding -ity (which, as I recall, we add only to nouns
> or adjectives) would not yield any new meaning. Still, Americans (in
> particular) being as playful with language as they are, concernity could
> easily become a part of our lexicon. Our ancestors certainly considered
> whether to create such a word and passed on it. But it might meet a
> different fate today. If you like the word, use it. If enough people use
> it, we have a new word in our language.
>
> Did that clear up the confusion?
>
> HTH,
> --John
>
> Andrew Peterson wrote:
> >
> > > However, the suffix, "ity," adds "a state or quality" to the word it
is
> > appended to. I don't
> >
> > Gosh, now I'm all confused. Assuming the above, what does "qual" then
mean?
> >
>
>
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