But Dave

in Latin, the word "infinitive" does NOT mean "to + verb". So saying that that meaning has been "borrowed from Latin" just doesn't make any sense.

Posted By: Old Git, Jul 13, 16:23:23

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the latin infinitive is the closest thing in the 'classics' to the english to+base verb
Posted By: Dave in France, Jul 13, 16:33:27

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