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Re: Lexicons and Langauge Borrowing

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Friday, March 19, 1999, 19:24
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, John Cowan wrote:

> Padrig Bryn yscrifef: > > > I thought there was a distinction here between romantic love and, well, > > rut. > > Harumph. You keep gumming this up, Padrig. Here it is again:
Well, amur ain't in the dictionary yet, so I couldn't look it up. Hm. Looking at your list, I see I got it all right; but, you know, sort of spread it out over several languages. Padraic.
> > Inherited < Latin AMORE(M) Borrowed from Occitan > > Occitan amor (pron. "amur") --- > "love, all senses" > > French ameur (arch. & dial.) amour > "estrus, rut" "love, all senses" > > Brithenig afur (pron. "avur") amur > "love, all senses" "romantic love (or > partner or event)" > > -- > John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org > You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. > You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. > Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5) >