It struck me - I may be the last to know - that ‘-th’, seemingly an integral part of some words, is actually a suffix. Obvious in such words as ‘growth’ and ‘truth’, it’s less so in ‘bath’, ‘birth’, ‘death’, ‘math’, ‘oath’, ‘ruth(less)’ (from verbs). And ‘dearth’, ‘death’, ‘depth’, ‘health’, and ‘mirth’ (from adjectives).
The specifics in the foregoing screed courtesy of the OED.
A Stealth Suffix
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Re: A Stealth Suffix
According to Etymonline.com, there are actually two '-th's. Here's the page.
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Re: A Stealth Suffix
Thanks. Their antecedents are similar. Could they be related?
The uses are not so different.
The uses are not so different.
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