That’s why, although prince and princess usually refer to children of a monarch, prince itself is sometimes designated as a king (though no parallel relationship between queen and princess exists.) Prince and princess, and such derivatives as principality (princehood, or the country ruled by a prince), like-principal and principle, ultimately stem from the Latin word princeps, meaning “first”. And, unlike principal, it does not serve as an adjective except in the form of ‘principled’. In contrast the word ‘principle’ ,a spelling variant, originally meant “proposition or truth” and later “law of nature” and “rule of conduct”. The word is still often used as an adjective, as in “principal violinist” or “principal consideration.” The principal is often the head of a school. Only about two hundred years ago did ”principal” came to be associated with education. Yes, in one sense it is used as the school head or the head of some association. In English, it is initially referred to a ruler, but the word is also known to be associated with an amount of money on which interest is paid, because that sum is first in terms of priority and the interest (one hopes) is a relative small amount.Īs soon as you hear the word principal, don’t you remember your school principal …. Principal is a French word derived from the Latin term ‘ principalis ‘ meaning “FIRST IN IMPORTANCE “. Here’s the background for these close cousins. Now, what’s the difference between principal and principle? The principle is of principal importance. In my opinion, mnemonic-aids are the BEST OPTION to memorise words easily and fix them into your mind for long. These two words appear more often confounding to most of us but they aren’t and the best way to remember them is framing the words into their mnemonics.
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