Latin adverbium contains verbum as its lexical member; ad- is exposed as a second canonical parent.
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COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0646compound memberestablished
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adverbium
adverb; a word attached to another word or predicate
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · word utteranceverbum
word, utterance, expression, language, discourse
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A word attached toward another expression becomes a technical modifier category.
Merriam-Webster also identifies the term as a translation of Greek epirrhema.
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Adverb — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Latin adverbium, translation of Greek epirrhema, from ad- + verbum
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes both compound members and the Greek-calque context.
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