ETYMOLOGICAL VOCABULARY

PEU, adv., little ; Italian /tw, from Lat/aiew.

Pire, iag'., worse ; from Lat pefor.

Pis, aifa., worse ; from Lat pqus.

Plusieurs, adj. pi., several ; from Lat pluriores, derived from plures.

Point, adv., is the same as ^w*/, subst., a point ; from Lat punctum. Point is nsed as an adverb to strengthen the négation. Set Pas.

Près, prep., near ; Italian pressa, from Lat. pressus, properly pressed close, hence near. Derivatives, après, presque.

Puis, adv., afterwards ; from Lat. post. Derivatives, puisque, depuis.

Quand, adv., when ; conj., though ; from Lat. quando. Quant, adv.y respecting ; from Lat. quantum.

Que, rel. pron., whom, that ; from lit. quem. — conj., that ; from Lat. quod. Also from Lat. quart, in the the connection plus . . . que, which is Lat plus . . .avant,

RlEN, subst, a thing (etymological sensé) ; from Lat. rem. When joined with a négative it means "no thing," (nihtf), justas ne • . . personne=**ww. People having become accustomed to take tms substantive with ne so as to form a négative expression, rien took the meaning of "nothing," when used by îtself, as, for instance, in the phrase, " On m'a donné cela pour rien," I had that for nothing ; I had not to pay for that. By this account of the sensé oîrien we may explain the passage of Molière in which it is at once négative and positive : —

Dans le siècle où nous sommes, On ne donne rien pour rien.

—Ecole des Femmes, u., u

SANS, prep., without ; formerly sens, from Lat sine.

Semaine, subst., a week ; in the I3th cent, sepmaine; Italian sett*

mono, from Lat sepHmana (found in the Theodosian Code). - Si, adv., so ; from Lat. sic. Derivatives, ainsi, aussi. Sovs,prtp. f under ; formerly sos, Italian sotto, from Lat subtus. Souvent, adv., often ; Italian sovente, from Lat. subinde, found in

Pliny, x., 34.

Sur, prep., on, upon ; from Lat. super.

SÛR, adj., sure ; formerly seur, originally setir, from Lat sccurus.

Très, adv., very; from Lat. transmit., beyond; then, later, "very."

Y 9 adv., there. Old French i, originally w, Italian ivi, from Lat. ifa In Merovingian Latin ibi takes the sensé of ilU, Ulù.

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Ybcx, tubst., plural of oeil, eyes, » formed thus :— Old Frcnch t%tU became ieml t then mm/, which being in thc plural &«& bccame ieus by lostng / (</. illos, aur) ; &w, «Isa written ycus, became rby !

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