| 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: | neu- |
| DEFINITION: | To shout. Suffixed (participial) o-grade form *now-ent-(yo-), “shouting.” nuncio; announce, denounce, enunciate, internuncio, pronounce, renounce, from Latin n ntius, “announcing,” hence a messenger, also a message, and nntium, message. (Pokorny 1. neu- 767.) |
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