| From: | <morphemeaddict@...> |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sunday, April 6, 2008, 17:15 |
In a message dated 4/6/2008 12:08:18 PM Central Daylight Time, ray@CAROLANDRAY.PLUS.COM writes:> The > Romanian word for 'small, little [in size]' is _mic_ and this, surely, > must come from a different source. The latter, I guess, is related to > Latin _mica_ (a little bit, a crumb). >That's interesting. I always assumed it was from Greek "mikr-" (cf. micron). stevo </HTML>
| R A Brown <ray@...> |