confer, relate,prefer, and translate come from wich latin verb
2007-09-26 14:14:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
They all come from one Latin root verb:
Fero, ferre, tuli, latus
It's an irregular verb, with many uses: bring, bear, carry, consider, carry off, win, receive, get, and others.
The 'fer' words all come from the presnet tense (fer-) and the last one comes from the past participle (LATus), with the various prefixes added.
2007-09-27 03:50:05 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Conferre–to bring together
relatus, past participle of referre–to bring back
praeferre–to place before
translattus–transferred, used as past participle of transferre
Source:
New World Dictionary, Second College Edition
In a good English dictionary, you simply look up the English word and etymologies--that is, word origins--are given.
2007-09-26 21:29:41 · answer #2 · answered by dnldslk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋