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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | dek- |
| DEFINITION: | To take, accept. Oldest form *de -, becoming *dek- in centum languages.
Derivatives include decent, paradox, and disdain.
1. Suffixed (stative) form *dek- -. decent, from Latin decre, to be fitting (< “to be acceptable”). 2. Suffixed (causative) o-grade form *dok-eye-. a. docent, docile, doctor, doctrine, document, from Latin docre, to teach (< “to cause to accept”); b. dogma, dogmatic; Docetism, doxology, heterodox, orthodox, paradox, from Greek dokein, to appear, seem, think (< “to cause to accept or be accepted”). 3. Suffixed form *dek-es-. a. décor, decorate, from Latin decus, grace, ornament; b. decorous, from Latin decor, seemliness, elegance, beauty. 4. Suffixed form *dek-no-. dainty, deign, dignity; condign, dignify, disdain, indign, indignant, indignation, from Latin dignus, worthy, deserving, fitting. 5. Reduplicated form *di-dk-ske-. disciple, discipline, from Latin discere, to learn. 6. dowel, pandect, synecdoche, from Greek dekhesthai, to accept. 7. Suffixed o-grade form *dok-o-. diplodocus, from Greek dokos, beam, support. (Pokorny 1. de- 189.) |
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