Information about English Words

This Word Info blog will focus on the various aspects of English vocabulary including historical significance (etymologies) and current usage as found in a variety of medical, etymological, scientific, abridged, and unabridged dictionaries. There will also be discussions about the misuses and blunders of English as seen in the media.

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Since retiring from teaching, I have been devoting my efforts to organizing and to presenting information about words; especially, English vocabulary from Latin and Greek sources.

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Puberty and Related Family Words

Today I completed a research and uploading of the word "puberty" and its related family of words to the Latin-Greek Cross References which is available to supporting subscribers. Although it may not seem to be very many, I found 31 related puberty words in medical, etymological, biological-medical, and a variety of abridged dictionaries. None of them have as many references as currently exist in the Latin-Greek Cross References.

The motivation for completing this unit of words is based on what I perceived to be both a misuse and a mispronunciation of prebubescence on the radio. When I went to the cross references, I noticed that the puberty section was not completed and so I made sure it was done. There are many other units that are complete; however, there are also many that are not done. It is a very BIG task for one person to do, but I continue to work on it and other related vocabulary objectives.

You may find a significant list of confusing words so you can get a better idea about the many confusions of words that exist in English.

posted by Scriber | 2:09 PM