Re: CONLANG Digest - 21 Feb 2004 to 22 Feb 2004 (#2004-52)
| From: | Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 20:01 |
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Silhouette ? My etymological dictionnary mentions:
"silhouette, 1759, du nom du controleur general E. de
Silhouette". As to anchovies, "1546, de l'espagnol
anchoa, emprunte au grec aphue, par l'intermediaire du
bas latin *apiuva; mot mediterraneen". I like this
idea, "Mediterranean word". Anyway, Basques don't live
on Mediterranean borders...
--- jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:
> michael poxon scripsit:
>
> > The basques think that "la difference" is
> sufficiently important
> > to have two separate words just like most
> languages: Gizon (is this, by the
> > way, a source of the English word "geezer"?) /
> Andere.
>
> No, it isn't. Geezer < Scots guiser < disguiser.
>
> Words that are actually of Basque origin (mediated
> by Spanish or French)
> are: bizarre, chaparral, jai alai, silhouette, and
> possibly anchovy.
>
> --
> John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com
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Philippe Caquant
"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
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