Blog Post #5

Exaggerated  
Exag                       ger                         ated
Stem                     bound                   bound                  
Free                       lexical                    inflectional

1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from L. exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," lit. "to heap, pile, load, fill," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + aggerare "heap up," from agger (gen. aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry." Sense of "overstate" first recorded in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.

Telephoned
Tele                       phoned
Stem                     stem/bound
Free                       inflectional

1835, "apparatus for signaling by musical notes" (devised by Sudré in 1828), from Fr. téléphone (c.1830), from télé- "far" (see tele-) + phone "sound" (see fame). Also used of other apparatus early 19c., including "instrument similar to a foghorn for signaling from ship to ship" (1844). The electrical communication tool was first described in modern form by P.Reis (1861); developed by Bell, and so called by him from 1876. The verb is attested from 1878.

Brooklyn
Brook                    lyn
stem                      stem
free                       bound

New York City borough, named for village founded there 1646, named for Dutch township of Breukelen near Utrecht; from O.H.G. bruoh "moor, marshland;" spelling of U.S. place name influenced by brook (n.).

 College
 Col                         lege
stem                      partical stem
free/bound        bound

 "body of scholars and students within a university," late 14c., from O.Fr. college "collegiate body" (14c.), from L. collegium "community, society, guild," lit. "association of collegae" (see colleague). At first meaning any corporate group, the sense of "academic institution" attested from 1560s became the principal sense in 19c. via use at Oxford and Cambridge.

Linguist
Ling                        uist
lexical                    derivational
ree                       free

1580s, "a master of language, one who uses his tongue freely," from L. lingua "language, tongue" (see lingual). Meaning "a student of language" first attested 1640s.