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.
Incredible
Definition: “unbelievable, surpassing belief as to what is possible.”
Origin/Derivation: From the Latin prefix in- meaning “not” and the Latin adjective credibilis meaning “worthy of belief,” which itself comes from the Latin verb credo, credere, credidi, creditum meaning “to believe.”
Related Words/Phrases: creed, credo, credible, credentials, credit, incredulous, miscreant
(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)
“Old Saw” of the Week:
See if you can “complete the phrase” of this time-worn (but true!) adage:
“All's well...”
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...that ends well.”