Re: anti-Sanskritism and more
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 17:01 |
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At 23:49 2.12.2003, jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:
>ObPeculiar: Eng "silhouette" < Fr. < name of Etienne de Silhouette,
>penny-pinching Minister of Finance under Louis XV < Basque surname
>Zilhueta < Basque zilo ~ zulo 'hole' + -eta 'abundance of'. So neither
>female nor diminutive, but plain Hobson-Jobson.
Do you know the etymology of Hobson-Jobson?
/BP 8^)
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