[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

My post above was to your previous post. I still have no idea why you think the origins of the words “subject” and “citizen” is relevant, or what support you think Story gives you for looking at the roots. Your posts are like a bunch of ideas chopped into a salad and offered for the reader to untangle. (For example, how can an 1828 dictionary have been written “for the constitution”? What does that even mean?)

[patlin]

The dictionary was ordered by the US Congress...

Be it remembered, That on the fourteenth day of April, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, Noah Webster, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following;, to wit :

” An American Dictionary of the English Language ; intended to exhibit, I. The origin, affinities, and primary signification of English words, as far as they have been ascertained. II. The genuine orthography and pronunciation of words, according to general usage, or to just principles of analogy. III. Accurate and discriminating definitions, with numerous authorities and illustrations. To which are prefixed, an introductory dissertation on the origin,
history and connection of the languages of Western Asia and of Europe, and a concise grammar of the English language. By Noah Webster, LL. D. In two volumes.”
In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, “ An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.” And also to the act, entitled,
“ An act supplementary to an act, entitled ‘ An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,’ and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.”
CHAS. A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut.
A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, CHAS, A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut.
April 14th, 1828.