Derivatives #3

eject - throw out

interject - throw between

object - throw against

objection - arguments “thrown against” a situation

project - throw forward

projectile - a thing thrown forward

deposit - lay away; put aside

repose - lie back, pause, rest

depose - put down from a throne or high office

component - put together

impose - to put upon

cooperate - work with

cognate - born together; having same ancestors or family

collaborate - work together

collect - gather together

commemorate - remember something together

fix - fasten or make firm; set in place

fixture - a thing fastened in place

crucifix - picture, medal, or statue of Christ fastened on the cross

prefix - letter or syllable added to the beginning of a word

suffix - letter or syllable added to the end of a word

join - connect, fasten together

joint - a place where two parts are connected

conjugal - relating to the joining of man and woman in marriage

disjointed - separate a place of two connected parts

subjugate - to connect under the yoke of power

digit - finger, numerals from 0 to 9, unit of measure the width of a finger (¾ inch)

digital computer - a computer which uses numeral to mean whole numbers and decimal fractions

digitalis - the “foxglove” plant from which heart medicine is made

prestidigitation - a fast fingered or sleight-of-hand performance of magic or of card tricks

capital - top of a column; head chief, or foundation money

capitalism - system where the “head money” makes money

captain - head of a group of soldiers

capitulate - put headings on chapters of divisions in a piece of writing

cabbage - vegetable “head”

manufacture - make by hand

manifest - to hit by hand; easily perceived 

manicotti - sleeve-like pasta

manuscript - writing, written by hand

manumit - to send forth or release from one’s hand (grasp)

pedestrian - walker, on foot

pedicab - bicycle taxi

pedicure - care for the feet

pedometer - measures distance walked

pawn - (in chess) the foot soldiers

brace - two of a kind (one for each arm?)

embrace - to take into one’s arm

bracelet - ornament for the arm or wrist

brachiate - to swing by the arms on bars or tree branches

brachiopod - two-shelled creature with two “arms” inside with which to bring in food