prop'osition, Lat. propositio, from proponere (pro and ponere), to put forth: the combination of a subject with a predicate.
rel'ative (pronoun), Lat. relativus, from re and ferre, latus, to bear back: a pronoun that refers to an antecedent noun or pronoun.
sen'tence, Lat. sententia, from sentire, to think: a combination of words expressing a complete thought.
sim'ple (sentence), Lat. simplex, from sine, without, and plica, fold: a sentence having but one subject and one predicate.
sub'ject, Lat. subjectus, from sub and jacere, to place under: that of which something is predicated.
subjunc'tive (mood), Lat. subjunctivus, from sub and jungere, to subjoin: the mood used in the statement of something merely thought of.
syn'tax, Gr. suntaxis, from sun, together, and taxis, arrangement: that division of grammar which treats of the relations of words in sentences.
tense, Lat. tempus, time, through Fr. temps: a grammatical form of the verb denoting the time of the action or event.
tran'sitive, Lat. transitivus, from trans and ire, itum, to pass over: a verb that denotes an action terminating on some object.
verb, Lat. verbum, a word: a word that predicates action or being.