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Prefix: Com- Together
Root Word: Comp - (To fill) complete, complement, comply
Definition: A fellow citizen or national of a country.
The first known use was in 1611 with the same meaning as it is now.
However now it may also mean a friend or someone you work with
It derived From the French word compatriote, and from Latin cum (“with”) and patria meaning (“homeland”).
Root Word: Grad - step
Suffix: -Ard - forming nouns that denote persons who regularly engage in an activity
Definition: looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.
"Repulsed by her haggard apperance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman way"
In the 1560's , Haggrad was meant as wild and unruly.
In France, Old French faulcon hagard meant, "wild falcon," or even "falcon of the woods,"
From middle High German, hag meant "hedge, copse, and/or wood.
Prefix: Tru- truly; very; verily quotations
Suffix: Eon- Eternity. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
Definition: a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.
Truncheons are also called batons, billy clubs, and nightsticks. The word truncheon, however, comes from the Old French tronchon, "a broken off piece" or "a stump,"and is based on the Latin word truncus, "cut off."