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The article focuses on the etymology and meaning of the Homeric word by lexicographer Apollonius. Topics discussed include use of alpha, privative, or prefixes said by Apollonius considered reliable by scholars; excavated earrings and modern lexicography found by archaeologists; and economical solution for hypothesizing Greek adjective.

The article focuses on the etymology of the Essex word releet. Topics include philologist Walter W. Skeat's publication of a note in 1878 arguing that the word was a survival of an Old English (OE) genitival construction, his claim on the prefix "re" in the word, and an evidence of the Essex word in several places in Suffolk, England.

The derivational prefix be- productively forms deverbal, denominal and deadjectival verbs in Modern English (ModE) (e.g. beblast, bepearl, beblind). This paper re-examines the Oxford English Dictionary's (OED) description of this prefix's semantic and categorial properties in light of word-formation theory and proposes a new analysis according to which denominal and deadjectival be-verbs are based on denominal and deadjectival converted verbs (e.g. to pearl, to blind). The theoretical motivation for this analysis is the need to deal coherently with both deverbal and denominal/deadjectival be-verbs, and the analysis is empirically confirmed by the input morphology and output semantics of be-verbs. This analysis allows us to conclude that be- is a deverbal verb-forming prefix whose main function is to add the notion of total affectedness to the meaning of the base verb. This paper also shows that the ModE prefix be- provides an interesting case of the conflict between the OED and word-formation theory. Word-formation theory analyses words based on synchronic principles of language, and the results can differ greatly from the OED's descriptions, which are based on the historical-etymological principle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the disputed etymological origins of the agentive nouns in English with the suffix -ster and its cognates elsewhere in the Germanic languages. I will provide a survey of the various etymologies for a Germanic root of human and non-human agentive nouns. Non-human agentive nouns became unproductive prior to written evidence of Germanic, but human agentive forms have remained productive. I will also give a historical survey of the suffix in English. The suffix has a contested etymology because of its numerous attestations across the Germanic languages, and it is unlikely that any one etymological solution will satisfactorily explain all of its forms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores several strategies that can be implemented by upper elementary, middle, and high school teachers to help students develop their general vocabulary knowledge while also increasing their comprehension of content area words and concepts. Particular focus is given to methods in which teachers allow students to explore the etymology of words through an understanding of roots, prefixes, and suffixes that are common to the English language. Other topics explored include morphological knowledge, direct instruction, and spelling-meaning connections.

The article discusses several medical words which begin with the English prefix pro. It states that the prefix represents two related prefixes of Greek origin, pro which generally means forward, precursor of or before, and proto which denotes something first in the series. It mentions that the word protein was invented by Jons Berzalius, a Swedish chemist, and popularized by Dutch chemist-physician Gerardus Mulder.