Re: French <chez>
| From: | John Quijada <jq_ithkuil@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 25, 2004, 21:01 |
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:21:54 +0300, Pavel Iosad <edricson@...> wrote:
>On the other hand, _chez_ does look a lot like if it might be descended
>from _casâ_ (ablative, with the Romance ablative shift)? Can anyone
>confrim/deny?
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You are correct. French _chez_ is descended from the same Latin root as
Spanish and Italian _casa_. The initial letter c (/k/) of most Latin roots
beginning with the letters ca- evolved into an initial ch- in French
(originally pronounced /tS/ and now /S/. For example, compare French
_chanter_ with Spanish _cantar_ and Italian _cantare_.
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