Monday, December 12, 2011

blog post 5

Improvement

im*                   prove*                     ment*
prefix               free functional        suffix
free lexical       ( to enhance)           bound derivational
The first known use of this word was at the circa 1550.

Incredible

in*                 cred*                   ible*
prefix             free functional    suffix
free lexical     (to believe)         bound derivational
 not                                             (able to)




Used in 1440 synonymous to words like incredulous.

Unsuccessful

un*                 success*             ful*
prefix              free functional   bound derivational
free lexical     (superior)           (being full of)
(not)
First known use in 1617.

Networking

net*                     work*               ing*
free functional   free functional    suffix
(to the public)    (to work)            bound derivational
First Known use was in 1967.

Irreplaceable

ir*                re*                  place*                       able*
prefix           prefix              free functional         suffix
free lexical   free lexical      (to bring back)        bound derivational
(to not)           ( to do again)                                 ( the ability to)
First known word usage was in 1807.

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