Re: Adjectives, Adverbs, Ad...

Carsten Becker scripsit:

> And another, luckily on-topical question: why are adjectives called
> "adjectives" and not "adnouns" in analogy to "adverbs"?
Historically "noun" < L. _nomen_ was applied to both adjectives
("adjective nouns") and nouns ("substantive nouns").  So while
"noun" is a noun, historically "adjective" was an adjective.

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