Originally Posted By: BranShea
Yes, that's obvious in the post I made. But I asked about Mr. Fowler and his barbarism and such and this:vlcits, from vlx, vlc Was that ever a word? Vlcits? and vlx , vlc?



No, vlcits, vlx, and vlc are velocitas, velox, and veloc- with the letters that were marked with a macron missing. And the veloc- was not a word in itself. It was the root without the inflectional endings. Velox was the nominative singular.