Saturday, 25 February 2017

DAY 56 Victoria here I am! Wait to you see the pictures of today's lunch gang tomorrow!!

INHERE

verb, to be inherent, to be a fixed element or attribute

The law states that there are some fundamental rights that inhere to human beings.

You're probably familiar with "inherent," the adjective meaning "part of the constitution or natural character of something," but were you aware of its less common relative "inhere"? This verb looks like it could be a back-formation on "inherent" (a back formation is a word created by removing a prefix or suffice from an existing word), but "inhere" is actually the older word. It first appeared in print in the 15th century, while "inherent" didn't show up until the late 16th century. Both are derived from the Latin verb inhaerere ("to inhere"), which was itself formed by combining in-with haerere, a verb meaning "to adhere."






hugs always
karen charlie and enzo

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