This termination _y_ does not appear to belong to the Saxon part of our
language. It is found both in Greek and Latin, and very often in the
former language in significations the same as it now has in our own
tongue. Such words as
Piety, Vanity, Humanity,
are derived from Latin words which end in _tas_, as _pietas_, &c.
[To be Continued.]
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Footnote 1:
In German, _mord_ is the same as our _murder_; and _moerder_ the same as
our _murderer_. Thus the German has preserved more consistency in the
formation of this word.
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