Re: R: Re: Positive - Comparative - Superlative
| From: | jesse stephen bangs <jaspax@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 20, 2001, 18:37 |
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Mangiat sikayal:
> Italian, on the other hand, has the prefix stra-:
>
> bello
> strabello = bellissimo
>
> Latin had prae-:
>
> clarus
> praeclarus = clarissimus
Oh! Well that explains the Romanian prefix pre- that I've always wondered
about. You see it mostly in prayers: 'Presfântul Tatã' = Most Holy
Father, and stuff like that.
>
> Luca
>
Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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