Re: Pilovese in the Romance Language Family

>Michael Poxon <mike@...> wrote:
>...maybe he decided to take just the 'par' bit rather than the
>'parv'!
>> Charlie wrote:
>> American Heritage Dictionary: "German 'Paraffin': Latin 'parum,'
>> too little....
You'll notice that I said that the discover (inventor?) chose to use
the Latin word 'parum,' a Latin adverb in its own right meaning too
little.

>> Charlie also wrote:
>> I'm guessing that, if 'parvum' were the source, we'd have
>> parvaffin.
>>
>> 8-)
That was a joke.

Charlie

Reply