by Jill Tomey | Jan 19, 2025 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Gratefulness Word Origin Gratefulness has its roots in the latin words gratus meaning “pleasing” and the verb facere which means “to make or do” to create the word gratificus – “doing a kindness”. Can you see how being grateful is the...
by Jill Tomey | Dec 30, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Endurance Word Origin The primary Latin root of endure is durare, which means “to harden; to hold out; to make last”. To create the word Endurance, the Latin durare was coupled with the Latin preposition for “in”. Can you see how Endurance is...
by Jill Tomey | Oct 27, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Acceptance Word Origin From Latin acceptare “take or receive willingly,” Word Origin from Etymonline Can you see how Acceptance is receiving others as they are? Sign Language Check out the following links from Handspeak or the...
by Jill Tomey | Sep 23, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Orderliness Word Origin The Latin root is ordinem, “arrangement or row,” which originally meant “a row of threads in a loom.” Word Origin from Vocabulary.com Can you see how Orderliness is being neat and tidy? Sign...
by Jill Tomey | Aug 30, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Thoroughness Word Origin “Middle English thoro, thorow, “perfect, complete,” mid-13c., a two-syllable stressed form of thurgh “passing or cutting all the way through,” which is an adverb (represented by...
