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When you want to make them adjectives again… add a “y”: wealthy, truthy, healthy… (As a foreigner I’m curious what the original adjective was for filth, length
by eastbound 2y ago
When you want to make them adjectives again… add a “y”: wealthy, truthy, healthy…
(As a foreigner I’m curious what the original adjective was for filth, length, ruth, wealthy, wrath).
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- jeroenhd 2y ago> As a foreigner I’m curious what the original adjective was for filth, length, ruth, wealthy, wrath Looked the ones I didn't know the adjectives of up on wiktionary: foul, long, rue, possibly the archaic "wele" (but there are multiple etymological paths), and basically "wrath" but pronounced slightly differently going back thousands of years.
- xerox13ster 2y agoWealthy's root form is weal. As in we should do things for the common weal of the people. Weal is defined as happiness, well-being, prosperity, or that which is best for someone.
- ks2048 2y agoAs a native English speaker there are words there that I've never seen and others were I would not know the original adjective. In wiktionary, you can click them see etymology, here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-th#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-th#English For example, apparently "filth" comes from the equivalent of "foul".
- checkyoursudo 2y agoEarthy means someone with big ears. Or lots of ears, maybe. I am a little surprised that ruth is spelled that way instead of like rueth, which seems more like how I would expect it to be said.
- musicale 2y agolength <- long strength <- strong