Re: Pilovese in the Romance Language Family

>Michael Poxon <mike@...> wrote:
>I think you'll find that 'paraffin' is a coined word made up
>from 'PARva AFFINitas' (I think) relating to the particular carbon
>ring structure having only a small affinity with other molecules,
>parva being itself one of the latin words for 'small'.
American Heritage Dictionary: "German 'Paraffin': Latin 'parum,' too
little (see pou in Appendix*) + 'affinis,' neighboring (see affinity);
from its lack of affinity to other materials."

I'm guessing that, if 'parvum' were the source, we'd have parvaffin.

8-)

Charlie

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