Re: R: Re: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

In a message dated 4/9/01 9:37:27 AM, mangiat@TIN.IT writes:

<< Hey, just a question: is the word 'law' from Latin 'lex' via French 'loi'

(sp?), or is there a Germanic root I'm missing?

 >>

I'm pretty sure it's only from the French "loy", and not from Latin.  Though
the French did come from the Latin, I'm pretty sure English borrowed the
French word almost completely (taking the easier pronunciation and spelling
it as such).

-David