This technique of guessing for finding the roots of words, which is today done using the asterisk *, was previously done using the brackets ( ). That this is so, we have stated in the negotiations of the Lexicon that I mentioned. Here is a scan of that part.
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" VI. SIGNS, ETC.
() Between these brackets stand the Etymological remarks; either immediately after the Word to be explained, or ( if they run to any length) at the end of the Article.
Words in Capital Letters are Roots or presumed Roots.
Where the Root of a word is quite obvious, it has often been omitted, to save space."
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Reference:
Scott Liddell and group of authors," English -Greek Greek- English Lexicon ",London 1869
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