Re: Let Me Introduce Myself

Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> The primary influences on Esperanto seem to be Romance,
> Germanic, and Slavic; within those groups, the largest
> contributors seem to be Latin, English, and Polish, respectively.
> Some examples:
>
> The house  = la domo   (Slavic)
> Thank you! = Dankon!   (Germanic)
> To want    = voli      (Romance)

Hmm. I thought "domo" was from Latin "domus."

I don't have a reference to hand, but it has always seemed to
me that within the Romance group, the largest contributor is
French. Conjunctions and prepositions tend to be from Latin.

Horse = cxevalo   (Fr. cheval, L. caballus)
To run = kuri   (Fr. courir, L. currere)
To cook = kuiri   (Fr. cuire, L. coquere)
To climb = grimpi   (Fr. grimper, L. scandere)

--Ph. D.

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