11. The termination ude is also of Latin origin, coming from words in udo; as, fortitude, from fortitudo; elude, from eludo.

12. So also is uous, by inserting the letter o; as, ambiguous, from ambiguus; continuous, from continuus, &c.

III. From the French have come—

1. Most of our words in age; as, page, rage, usage.

2. All those in eau; as, beau, flambeau, &c.

3. The French esse is represented by the English ess: as, princess, from princesse.

4. Words in que mostly come to us from the French directly; some from the Latin directly or indirectly; as, antique, (L. antiquus, F. antique,) oblique, opaque.

5. Words ending in ment are nearly the same in both languages; as, commencement, advancement, (F. avancement,) &c.


We subjoin some rules for spelling, adapted from Laidlaw’s American Pronouncing Dictionary.[26]