Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

appellation

 

1) the name by which someone or something is called; nickname; 2) the act of naming

 

Basketball fans insisted on saddling their hero with the appellation "moose."

 

Related English word: appellative (n., designation; adj., designating)

 

Latin root words: appellatio, appellationis f. - addressing; appeal; name; appello, appellare, appellavi, appellatus - to call, name 

 

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