Re: "royaume" vs. "realm"? (was: French for "Kingdom")
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 23, 1998, 18:32 |
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Pablo Flores wrote:
> BTW, where does English "-dom" come from? Is it from "dominion" or
> something like that? (And again, does it go back to Greek _domos_ "house"?
> This coincidence stuff is getting weird! :-)
No, it's original, not a borrowing. Borrowed "-ness" has replaced
it in many applications, like "holiness" (OE "halidom").
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)