PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. Its Medieval Latin formation and older Latin phrase family express distributive exactness: word by word.
/vɜːrˈbeɪtəm/ · adverb
In exactly the same words; English borrowed the Medieval Latin adverb verbatim, built on verbum and -atim.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Supplies the distributive adverb formation.
Etymology: verbatim from verbum + -atimDocuments the older word-for-word phrase family.
I.B.1: ad verbum and verbum pro verboThe graph follows the word noun while the suffix branch explains the adverbial distribution.