Цитата: Сергей2020 от августа 12, 2011, 09:33I'm asking about "immune" because it can be roughly interpreted as "i'm mune" and in this case we can interpret that "mune" = "immune" - so question is if this interpretion can "work" for English speakers without problems with usual meaning of prefix "im"?
Цитата: OLD от immune (adj.) mid-15c., "free; exempt," back formation from immunity. < ... ... ... > Specific modern medical sense of "exempt from a disease" (typically because of inoculation) is from 1881. Immune system attested by 1917.
Цитата: Сергей2020 от августа 12, 2011, 09:33does it mean that in this case interpretation of "mune" by English speakers is not opposite to "immune"?There is no such English word as 'mune'. It does not mean anything and a fortiori does not mean the opposite of 'immune'.
Цитата: Сергей2020 от августа 12, 2011, 09:33by the way may someone write examples of words with "im" where deleting of "im" does not change meaning to opposite?Cases where the deletion of the prefix in-/im-/il- &c. has no effect on the meaning occur because the prefix in question is not the negative prefix. So, e.g., 'inflammable' & 'flammable' < Latin in- adv. and prep. 'into, in, within; on, upon; towards, against' (cf. '(im)press', '(im)mire', '(im)pend', &c., though these pairs are often semantically distinguishable by the nuance expressed).
Цитата: Сергей2020 от августа 12, 2011, 09:33I'm asking about "immune" because it can be roughly interpreted as "i'm mune" and in this case we can interpret that "mune" = "immune" - so question is if this interpretion can "work" for English speakers without problems with usual meaning of prefix "im"?The word 'immune' cannot be interpreted as "i'm mune". Or rather, to interpret it in this way results in a meaningless expression. It does not work.
Цитата: Уттыԓьын от августа 12, 2011, 00:12does it mean that in this case interpretation of "mune" by English speakers is not opposite to "immune"?
Despite the negative prefix there is no English word 'mune' (from this root). The first antonym of 'immune (from)' that comes to mind is 'susceptible (to)'. Others are possible.
Цитата: Alexandra A от августа 11, 2011, 23:21
P.S. Вопрос вообще не имеет отношения к английскому языку - это латинский...
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