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From: rdd@usa1.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)
Subject: Re: suffixes becoming words (was Re: Tendency of Inflections to Disappear - Why?)
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 11:51:46 -0500
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In article <4ulre4$jkm@news3.digex.net>, kcivey@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) wrote:

> "Jens S. Larsen" <jens@cphling.dk> wrote:
> 
> >I've looked it up, you're right (actually the Latin suffix
> >"-(a/i)bilis" is derived from the word "habilis", which 
> >presents an example of the reverse process).  Italian 
> >"accio" holds, though.
> 
> For an English example, try "ism" or "ology", which are
> sometimes used as standalone words in informal contexts (and 
> so are listed in some dictionaries).

Isn't there a book called _Isms and Ologies_? I don't know who wrote it, though.

-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom

