The American Printer: A Manual of Typography / Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

by Thomas MacKellar

2. Words in al have their Latin representatives in alis; as, corporal, from corporalis.

3. Verbs in ate mostly come from Latin verbs of the first conjugation; as, moderate, from modero.

4. Words in ator are generally the same in both languages; as, orator, senator, moderator.

5. The termination id comes mostly from Latin words ending in idus; as, acid, from acidus; but sometimes words of this ending are of Greek origin; as, oxide, (more correctly, oxyd,) from ὀξὺς, (oxys;) and, indeed, most scientific words of this ending; as, carotid, from καρώτιδες, &c.; rhomboid, from ῥομβοειδής.

6. Il or ile is likewise from the Latin termination of adjectives in ilis; as, docile, from docilis; civil, from civilis.

7. The Latin termination osus has its English representative in ious or ous; as, copious, from copiosus; numerous, from numerosus. But sometimes the English ending ous comes from a Latin word in ax; as, capacious, from capax.

8. The Latin ending io has its English corresponding word in ion; as, nation, from natio; oration, from oratio.

9. The endings ne, re, and te after a vowel are also for the greater part of Latin origin; as, fortune, from fortuna; aquiline, from aquilinus; culture, from cultura; pure, from purus; complete, from completus, &c.

10. Words in ty come from Latin words in tas; as, equality, from æqualitas; bounty, from bonitas; rarity, from raritas, &c.