anyone good at english or latin roots? please help....?

Question

Help with latin word origins..?
the word _______________ comes from the Latin word meaning "to be numb"

the word _______________ comes from a latin base and prefix , which combine to mean " a thing said before"

thanks so much..



oh yeah and the words are martial, torpor, quavered, prodigy, squander, mortified.

Answer 1

Torpor actually comes from L. 'torpor', a masculine 3rd declension noun, meaning 'numbness, paralysis.' That did come from the verb 'torpere', meaning to be numb, paralyzed.

Don't think your list has a word that fits the second blank. What does fit is 'prediction', which comes from L. preposition 'pre', meaning 'before', and the past participle of the verb 'dico, dicere, dixi, dictus', meaning 'say, declare, state.', hence 'a thing said before'.