Some words lend themselves to being useful in several positions in a sentences. 'Mendacious' is an example.
Arising from the Latin 'mendax' (untruthful), it evolved into 17 Century Late Latin as 'mendacitas' and was absorbed into English as 'mendacity' where it continues to serve as a noun.
With various changes via suffixes it became mendacious (adjective), mendaciously (adverb) and mendaciousness, again, a noun.
Arising from the Latin 'mendax' (untruthful), it evolved into 17 Century Late Latin as 'mendacitas' and was absorbed into English as 'mendacity' where it continues to serve as a noun.
With various changes via suffixes it became mendacious (adjective), mendaciously (adverb) and mendaciousness, again, a noun.
