Lindsay: An Etymological Study 
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Source Word Value Rank First Group Second Group 
depot postman 
disposition postmaster 
opposite postpone 
opposition. posture 
position preposition 
positive supposition 
post 
postage 
postal 
postoffice 
proposition 
purpose 
(1) populus. . . . 
C.. 
..186... 6.. 
...71.. 
. .people 
. . .populace 
popular 
. . . popularity 
population 
. . .populous 
(2) populus. . . . 
....7...1.. 
..495.. 
porous 
...24... 2.. 
..433.. 
. .pork 
porta 
C. . 
. . .44... 4.. 
. .358. . 
. .porch 
. . .portal 
port 
. . .portiere 
portare 
.C. . 
..318.. 17.. 
...25.. 
. . export 
. . . deportment 
import. 
. . . importation 
importance 
. . . importer 
important 
. . . portable 
porter 
report 
sport 
support 
transport 
transportation 
. . . supporter 
portio. . 
. . .52. . .2. . 
. .321. . 
. . portion 
proportion 
portus 
c.. 
. . .10... 3.. 
..484.. 
. .port 
. . . opportune 
seaport 
posse 
c. . 
. .244. .11. . 
. . .44. . 
. . impossible 
. . . impotent 
[potis-esse] 
possibility 
. . . omnipotent 
possible 
. . . overpower 
power 
. . . potent 
powerful 
. . . potentate 
powerless 
possidere. . . . 
.L. . 
...85... 5.. 
..232.. 
. .possess 
. . . dispossess 
[sedere] 
possession 
. . . possessive 
possessor 
post 
,C.. 
.. .10...!.. 
..486.. 
. .posterity 
postis 
,v. . 
....2. ..2.. 
..506.. 
. .post 
potare 
L... 
...36. ..3.. 
..387.. 
. .poison 
. . . poisonous 
potion 
praeda. 
C.. 
....5...1.. 
..500.. 
• • -pry 
[prehendere] 
praegnans 
..508.. 
pratum 
L... 
...11...1.. 
..483.. 
. . prairie 
