Classical Studies 2800A/B Lecture Notes - English Orthography, Frankincense, Venison
2 Dec 2011
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The present participle is formed by adding -iens, -ientis to the stem of the word and dropping -ire and -iri. When latin began to change to old french, every present participle were levelled to - ant and -antis. Some english words from latin present participles are spelled differently than expected. Many verbs that end in -ere or -i make present participles by ending in -ens or -entis. However, many of these form the present participle by -iens or -ientis. English language seems to us inferior to latin and french. Franchise (-ise is an alternate spelling of -ize), meaning to make someone. The modern meaning means a chain of businesses that are all under the same business model. Enfranchise - to give someone rights ie. the right to vote. This goes back to a time when you had no rights as an english person. Francine, francis and franklin came out of the want to be french.
