WORD CHART by the etymologist Dr. Rex Curry  Imagine a chart that plots every word by its root (horizontally across the top) and by corresponding prefixes (vertically down the left).  This is that chart and it continues to grow and improve.  It is useful for educational purposes, especially youngsters.  For more info click here http://rexcurry.net/words.html
Copyright (c) 2000 by Rex Curry
roots »
prefixes
below
 act, action agony, agonist, agonistic batter, batere, to beat cede / cess ceive cept, cerpt cert, certain cise cite crease cret, cernere -sift criminal cuss dact dain dicate dicere > < dict duce, duct, il Duce ficient fect fend fer ference fix flect flict form gress ject jure, jury late legate lude lution, luere -to wash mandate mise / mit mise en place mote, motive, motion pair parity pass pathos, pathetic, pathology pend, pendency pent, penitent play plexus plore ply, pliant port posit press prise privus, private proach prove putare question, quest > < quisite, quaerere rogate, rogatory script section semblance sent sequi serve sert, cf. series sess / session side, sedere signature sist, stare' solace spectacle spiral spite stable stance, stand, stare' still stitute structure tact, tactile tain, tener tent temp, time test, testify thetical, thesis ticent, tacere tract, traction tude turbo, turbulent ventricle, ventilate verb verse vertical vest, vesting victory vince visor vivacious vocation volve ward
acc-


accede, access, accession
accept

















































acquire, acquisitive, acquisition
ab-

abate abscess










abdicate
abduct









abject abjure


absolve, ablution






















abrogate




















abstain




abstract
ad-















addict adduce
















admit, admission



















































advent adverb adverse advertise


advise
advocate
af-


















affect


affix
afflict
ag-


























aggress
anti-
antagonistic














































antidepressant






















antidisestablishmentarianism








antithetical
as-





ascertain




















































assemble assent

assert, assertion assess aside assign assist
aspect aspire













aptitude
ap-













































apply
appose, apposite, apposition, appositive
apprize
approach approve































attitude
at-













































































attack attain
attempt attest

attract, attraction altitude
be-





























belated























bequest









beside


















beatitude
bi-






































bypass


















bisect
circum-






circumcise













circumference














































circumspect


circumstance, circumstantial












circumvent
com-

combat






























command commit, commission, compromise commotion, locomotion
compare compass



complex
comply comport compose, composite, composition compress comprise


compute
con-


concede / concession conceive concept concert concise
concrete

concussion



conducive conduct
confect
confer conference

conflict conform congress conjecture conjure

conclude





















conquest

conscript consecutive
consent
conserve, conservation


consign consist console
conspire
constable constant
constitute construct contact contain content contempt contest

contract, contraction

convent
converse convert
convict convince
convivial
contra-















contradict































































contretemps





contravened

controvert
de- deactivate
debate
deceive

decisive decision
decrease






deduce deduct deficient defect defender defer deference
deflect
deform
dejected
delay delegate, delegation delude
demand demise, decommission demote, demotion



depend


deplore
deport depose, deposit, deposition, decompose depress
deprive

deputy

derogatory derogation describe



deserve,  desert, desertion

design desist


despite


destitute destruct
detain

detest

detract








devise

devolve
di-












didact, didactic
dictate









































































diverse divert divest
dis-









discreet
discuss
disdain



disinfect












dissolve, dissolution


despair


dispense
display


disport sport dispose, disposition, dispositive



disprove dispute



dissect dissemble, disassemble dissent
disserve, dessert








disestablish distant, distance distill



discontent distemper


distract, distraction
disturb
du-













































duplicitous
e- enact
















efficient effect






egress eject


elude

emit, emission emote, emotion


empathy































establish


















evict evince

evoke evolve
en-



























































ensemble





ensign
enter-














































































entertain
ex- exact

exceed / excess
except, excerpt
excise excision excite
excrete





























expend


explore explicit export expose, exposit, exposition, expositive express





exquisite




execute




exist

expire

extant




extent



extract




extrovert
hyper-























































































hyperventilate
hypo-


















































































hypothetical
im-




































impair
impasse
impending


implore imply, implicit import impose, imposter, imposition impress


improve impute







































improvise
in- inactive





incisive incision incite increase
incriminate


indicate indict induce, induct insufficient infect
infer inference
inflection inflict inform ingress inject injure


insolvable













inapposite





inquest inquire, inquisition, inquisitive
inscription insect



insert, insertion
inside insignia insist insolent inspect inspire
instability instant, instance instill institute instruct intact
intent






invent
inverse invert invest
invincible invisible
invoke involve inward
inter- interact

intercede / intercession
intercept









interdict




interference




interject


interlude

intermittent, intermission






interplay



interpose







interrogate
intersection



























intervention
intro-
















introduce, introduction



















































introspect
irr-














irradicate
lat-





















































































latitude
magni-





















































































magnitude
multi-













































multiply
o-



















offender offer












omit, omission
ob-



























object

































observe, observation
obsess







obstinate, obstinacy

obstruct
obtain
on-


































































































onward
op-















































oppose, opposite, opposition oppress
or-













ordain
per-



perceive






percussion





perfect





perform

perjure




permit, permission







perplex
















persecute




persist
perspective perspire






pertain, pertinant






perturb

perverse pervert
plat-

























platform


























































platitude
pre-


precede


precise precision





preordain predicate predict

prefect
prefer preference prefix

preform




prelude




prepare








preposition






prerequisite
prescription

present
preserve, preservation

preside, president




















prevent
pro- proactive protagonist probate proceed / procession












produce, product, production proficient

proffer



proform, proforma
project





promise
 promote, promotion










propose, proposition








proscription


prosecute






prospective




prostitute



protem protest

protract, protracted


proverb



province proviso
provoke
pur-














































purport purpose
re- react, reenact
rebate recess / recede, recession receive
recertify recission rescind recite

recriminate
redact


reduce, reduction


refer reference
reflection
reform regress reject
relate relegate
resolve, resolution remand remit, remise, remission remote repair



repent replay

reply report repose repress, repression reprise
reproach reprove repute request require, requisite, requisition 


resemble resent, represent
reserve, reservation
reassess reside, residence resign resist
respect
respite


restitute

retain retention


reticent retract, retraction


reverb reverse revert


revise revive revoke revolve reward
se-


secede / secession





secrete





seduce, seduction














solve, solution




















sequestor
su-


succeed / succession













sufficient



suffix























suppose, supposition
sub-



























subject



subsolve
submit, submission




















subrogate subscription subsection


subservient

subside, subsidy
subsist




substance, substantial, insubstantial
substitute







subtract



subversive subvert
sup-













































supply support
suppress
sur-


































surmise


surpass









surprise





surrogate





































survive
sus-








































suspend



























suspect







sustain
sym-







































sympathy
trans- transact


transceiver











transducer


transfer
transfix

transform transgress

translate



transmit, transmission










transport transpose, transposition








transcript








transistor

transpire

transubstantiation














transverse
transvestite
un-





uncertain


































unrepentent








unapproachable unproven
























unobtainable unintentional
untested

unattractive











uninvolved

Volumes of research exist about language.  Language clarifies or confuses basic issues in each person's life, including: liberty, oppression, property, force. http://rexcurry.net/words.html

Rhetoric (effective use of language in writing and speaking) is important to the preservation of freedom. Libertarian rhetoric and libertarian linguistics refine the langauge of liberty. http://rexcurry.net/laissezfaire.html

The degradation of language is illustrated in the work of fiction "1984" by George Orwell (1949).  The book describes a political party that uses these slogans: War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength.  

"1984" was a warning about the deadly dogma of socialism during the time of the socialist Wholecaust (of which the Holocaust was a part): 21 million dead under the National Socialist German Workers Party; 49 million under the Peoples' Republic of China; 62 million under the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Langauge is often used to hide atrocities and misbehavior by politicians and government, as shown by the noted linguist and etymologist Dr. Rex Curry (author of "Liberty & Language Secrets") and of the word chart http://rexcurry.net/wordchart.html

Amazon.com follows policy recommendations made by Dr. Curry regarding linguistics http://rexcurry.net/amazon-com-book-reviews-tags-discussions.html

Similar to "1984," the word "liberal" is an example of a word that changed to the opposite of its original meaning.  In the past, "liberal" meant the lack of government and opposition to government programs of any type.  

The word "freedom" is often used in opposing ways.  "Freedom" should mean the lack of government and opposition to government programs of most types.

Another, opposite meaning of "Freedom" is "freedom from hunger" or freedom from any of various needs, such as: food, clothing, shelter, medicine.   Thereby, the word is used to signify government and government programs touted as filling such needs.  Opponents of that view point out that the only way in which government can give food to a person (and thus provide "freedom from hunger") is by taking that food (or its monetary equivalent) from someone else, and destroying someone else's freedom. http://rexcurry.net/bellamy-edward-biography1.html

People who say that "freedom" requires an end to government programs are people who assert that food, clothing, shelter, and medicine are decreased by government programs, and increased in a libertarian society of minimum government.   As proof, they point to socialism and the socialist Wholecaust (of which the Holocaust was a part): 62 million killed under the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; 35 million under the Peoples' Republic of China; 21 million under the National Socialist German Workers' Party. http://rexcurry.net/socialists.html  

Everyone should learn the rhetoric of freedom. Rhetoric (from Greek rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is the art or technique of persuasion, usually through the use of language. Rhetoric is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the others are dialectic and grammar) in Western culture. Rhetoric concerned itself with persuasion in public and political settings such as assemblies and courts of law. As such, rhetoric is said to flourish in free societies with rights of free speech and free assembly.

Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian developed theories of successful speech-making.  In the first sentence of The Art of Rhetoric, Aristotle says that "rhetoric is the counterpart [literally, the antistrophe] of dialectic."

Subsequently, it came to signify elaborate and pompous language, which is nonetheless empty and insincere.

Everyone should learn the language of liberty.  http://rexcurry.net/DVDs.html

Let's liberate "liberal." Never use the word “liberal” to refer to the "left."  Always say “socialists” or “democrat-socialists.”  This is a point that is lost on republican-socialists and conservative-socialists who brainlessly use the word “liberal” pejoratively (that is another reason why they are republican-socialists and conservative-socialists).  If time permits, explain that the word “liberal” comes from the root meaning “liberty” and referred (in times past) to laissez faire capitalists and people who opposed government taxes, government programs and government growth. The term “liberal” became corrupted and now has the complete opposite definition.  Try to restore and promote it’s obvious original concept.  

Friedrich Hayek felt compelled to explain his use of the word "liberal" in the foreword of his book "The Road to Serfdom" all the way back in 1944: "I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current [1944] in Britain. In current American usage it often means very nearly the opposite of this. It has been part of the camouflage of leftist movements in this country, helped by the muddle-headedness of many who really believe in liberty, that 'liberal' has come to mean the advocacy of almost every kind of government control."

The Pledge of Allegiance was / is http://rexcurry.net/edward%20bellamy.jpg The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek
Etymologist libertarian the Road to Serfdom by Freidrich Hayek
Etymology http://rexcurry.net/edward%20bellamy.jpg Libertarian Linguistics


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