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Exploring Ancient Roman Words: From Festive Kindness to Stealthy Deeds

Discover the fascinating origins and meanings of five unique English adjectives rooted in ancient Rome. This journey encompasses "genial" for kindness and warmth, "stolid" for unemotional demeanor, "palpable" as touchable essence, "austere" describing bare severity, and "furtive" reflecting stealth and sneakiness. Each term reveals a connection to its Latin roots and offers insight into how language evolves over time. Enhance your vocabulary and appreciate the depth of our language through these historical connections.

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Exploring Ancient Roman Words: From Festive Kindness to Stealthy Deeds

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  1. Caesar’s english 20

  2. genial – kind In ancient Rome, genialisreferred someone who was festive. We use it today to describe someone who is kind or warm to us.

  3. stolid– unemotional When someone stands flat-faced and unmoved, with little response. This adjective comes from the Latin stolidus, which meant immovable or even stupid, over 2000 years ago in Rome. It’s and interesting connection between unmoved and stupid!

  4. palpable –touchable Our English adjective palpable can be a synonym for tangible.

  5. austere – bare This word comes from the Latin, austerus, which in turn comes from the Greek austeros, which means harsh, rough or bitter. Today some synonyms might mean bare, severe, stern, or ascetic.

  6. furtive– stealthy This word has a wonderful origin. We use it to mean stealthy, sneaky, or surreptitious, but it traces back through the Latin to furtivus which means theft. When something is furtive, it means it’s done like a thief.

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