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Re: confession: roots

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 5, 2001, 0:32
Eric Christopherson wrote:
> I always labor under the assumption that at one time, such "roots" were > actually words to themselves, perhaps in an isolating language, and that over > time they merged with words around them.
Roots can be that or they can be independent words, like "establishment" has the root "establish" which is also a free word. Of course, in the Semitic languages, roots are generally unpronounceable. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42