This document defines Latin-derived words and their meanings, organized by their Latin root words. It provides definitions for words relating to buildings from "edifice" and "aedes", words relating to killing from "homicide", words relating to money from "pecuniary", words relating to sleeping from "dormant", words relating to quantity from "plural", and words relating to rural areas from "rusticus". The document serves as a reference for understanding the origins and relationships between these English words.
2. Edifice: a building, especially a large one.Edify: to improve morality, intellect, etc. especially by instruction.Edification: intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.Aedes: temple, building house
3. Homicide: killing of one person by another.Homicidal: capable of killing someone; a maniacHomo: man
4. Pauper: a person who is extremely poor.Pauperize: to impoverish.Pauper: poor person
5. Pecuniary: relating to money; requiring payment.Pecunious: abounding in money; richPecunia: money
6. Dormant: lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive.Dormancy: state of being dormant.Dormitory: a building for housing a number of people; a place for people to sleep.Dormer: a window set into a gable projecting from a sloping roof. (came through a French word meaning sleeping room.)Dormio: to sleep
8. Rustic: relating to or typical of country people.Rusticate: to go to or live in the country.Rustication: act of retiring to or living in the country.Rusticus: rural, rustic
