| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 23, 2001, 23:07 |
John Cowan wrote:> One clue is the word *elementum* 'letter of the alphabet' (among > other things) which lacks a plausible IE etymology, but > can be understood as 'L-M-N-tum'.But, how do we know that the Romans didn't coin it? -- ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42