117: adjective Apr 4, 2015

The word 'adverb' itself suggests, at least as aspect, of what they modify. The word 'adjective', however has nothing to do with whatever 'jective' modifiers might be. The word 'adjective' comes from the Latin 'adject-' which means, ‘added’, coming from the verb adjicere, a combination of 'ad' meaning ‘toward’ and 'jacere' which means ‘ to throw.’ The term was originally used in the phrase "noun adjective", translating in Latin to "nomen adjectivum". This Latin phrase is a translation of the Greek phrase, "onoma epitheton", which means ‘attributive name.’