| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | em- |
| DEFINITION: | To take, distribute. 1. ademption, example, exemplary, exemplify, exemplum, exempt, impromptu, peremptory, preemption, premium, prompt, pronto, ransom, redeem, redemption, sample, vintage, from Latin emere, to obtain, buy. 2. sumptuary, sumptuous; assume, consume, presume, resume, subsume, from Latin s mere (< *sus(e)m-), to take, obtain, buy (sus-, variant of sub-, up from under; see upo). (Pokorny em- 310.) |
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