Cell Phone Control Needed

[Evil Eye]

Why are you arguing etymology? Even if it technically means mind control, that doesn't prove that any modern government is practising mind control...

 

[wirelessguru1]

Really! So you don't believe that the Government is practising mind control!?

 

[DrLeftover]

I want to see a source reference link for his Latin translation of the suffix.



What I've found supports another translation, an example of which is below. With link.





(Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action)





http://wordinfo.info.../1288/ip:6/il:M

government

1. A group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area.

2. A state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.

3. The control and administration of public policy in a political unit.

4. The administration or management of an organization, business, or institution.

5. The management or control of something.

http://wordinfo.info/units/view/1288/page:6/ip:6/il:M







and another



http://www.english-for-students.com/ment.html

 

[Sinon]

I want to see a source reference link for his Latin translation of the suffix.



What I've found supports another translation, an example of which is below. With link.





(Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action)





http://wordinfo.info.../1288/ip:6/il:M







http://wordinfo.info...age:6/ip:6/il:M







and another



http://www.english-f...s.com/ment.html

http://wordinfo.info/unit/1289



Doesn't list anything to do with government, though. I think he's just grasping.

 

[DrLeftover]

Do I have to explain the difference between a Prefix (for example: ment-) and a Suffix (-ment) when researching word meaning and usage?