Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd." Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast. Here then is this week’s edition of the Etymology Word of the Week.
Rectify
Definition: “To make right; to remedy; to correct.”
Origin/Derivation: Origin/Derivation: From the Latin verb rego, regere, rexi, rectus meaning “to rule; to direct, guide, steer, control; to make straight” and the Latin combining form of facio, facere (fio) meaning “to make or do”.
Related Words: rectangle, (moral) rectitude, direct, correct, resurgent, Resurrection
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(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)
NEW! Trivia Question of the Week:
What U.S. state is the only one whose name ends in the same 4 letters that begin the name of its capital city?
Vermont (capital city is Montpelier)
