Latin Etymology

Dicendum est igitur quod quodlibet universale est una res singularis et ideo non est universale nisi per significationem, quia est signum plurium. Et hoc est quod dicit Avicenna, V Metaphysicae: "Una forma apud intellectum est relata ad multitudinem, et secundum hunc respectum est universale, quoniam ipsum est intentio in intellectu, cuius comparatio non variature ad quodcumque acceperis." Et sequitur: "Haec forma, quamvis in comparatione individuorum sit universalis, tamen in comparatione animae singularis, in qua imprimitur, est individua....

Exercise: Use the following English words, which are derived from the highlighted Latin words in the excerpt above, to complete the sentences.

universal
university
universalize
universalism
universality

1. The new virus represented a threat to all nations.

2. The was made up of several small colleges.

3. He tried to his arguments, but he could not apply them to every instance.

4. The people in that church believe in the doctrine of .

5. Tolstoy's knowledge of human nature gave his work its .

animate
animal
animation
anime
animato

6. When Joan was tired, she became less .

7. Mickey Mouse lives in cinematic .

8. Play that piano piece .

9. A style of Japanese cartoon is called .

10. Dogs and cats are kinds of .

non sequitur
sequent
sequential
sequel
sequence

11. A is a concept in logic that a certain conclusion does not follow from a certain argument.

12. Your DNA is a of chemical information about your heredity.

13. ABC is a series of letters.

14. Four is the of one, two and three.

15. Stephen Spielberg made another to Indiana Jones.

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