Posted: Nov 24, 2019 2:54 am
Yes, and in Latin it is spelt with an "i". Imperium is a form of authority held by a citizen to control a military or governmental entity. Imperator is the title of someone who has an office of command. Imperare is the verb "to command". The "e" comes from the French Song of Roland, written at a time where spelling had not yet been tamed by the Gutenberg press. The French spelling was adopted by the English, except when it came to its adjective, which is spelt "imperial". The adjective for empiricism is neither imperial nor empirial. It's empirical.hackenslash wrote:Indeed not. 'Empirical' stems from the Greek for experience, while 'empire' stems from the Latin for command.
When self-taught Dunning-Kruger types try to overwhelm with their brilliance, they can be quite amusing, at least in small doses. When they persist at length, they quickly become boring. This explains why hardly anyone has subjected themselves to the boredom of reading all 6226 words of the opening post, but just about everyone laughs at its author for insisting it should be read in its entirety to be understood.