Why do we use verbal, verbiage, and verbose to refer to all language and not just verbs?

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Why do we use verbal, verbiage, and verbose to refer to all language and not just verbs?

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short answer: they all share a common “root” word, in this case the latin “verbum” meaning, “word”.

the usage of “verb” to mean specifically mean just “words that describe an Action” is a later adaption of the root word.

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