on October 12, 2009 by admin in Expats, Comments (2)
Does Anyone Know Some English Derivitives From The Latin Word Pa’tria?
I have some derivitives that are expatriate, patriotic, patranize, patriotic, and i need some others. Please post your suggestions. Thanks!
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Palinuru
October 13, 2009 @ 3:23 am
Simple answer: 1.- you have misspelled ‘patronize.’ The word is ‘patronize’ is spelled with an ‘o’ after the ‘tr’ rather than an ‘a.’
2. There are many other direct derivatives of patria in English: patriarchate, patriarchy, patrician, patriciate, patriot, patriotically, and patriotism. Complex derivates include the one you listed, expatriate, but also the abstract noun expatriation, and their opposites: repatriate, repatriation, and one even finds the adjective ‘repatriable.’ Though I’ve only seen it in print a handful of times, it is in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, you may find that your MSWord Dictionary doesn’t know it—computers are only as good as those who program them.
Detailed answer: Strictly speaking ‘patronize’ is a derivative from the Roman word for ‘patron’ which in Latin is ‘patronus.’ A word made popular by the Harry Potter books, but in Latin having nothing to do with magic, rather with politics and social status. But since that word is really derived from the Latin word for ‘father’ which is ‘pater’ both have ‘pater’ as their common Latin root. The Latin word ‘patria’ according to P.G.W. Glare’s Oxford Latin Dictionary (which is the ultimate source for a Latin – English Dictionary) lists the root of the Latin word ‘patria’ as ‘patrius’, and the root of ‘patrius’ as ‘pater.’ Ergo in a broad sense any derivative from ‘pater’ should apply, which would give you a couple of dozen more, at least, if you need them.
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Anonymous
October 13, 2009 @ 9:14 am
you said patriotic twice, btw
but patriarch is a derivitive of that
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