| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 24, 1998, 0:31 |
Tom Wier wrote:> Yep. Apparently, "realm" (probably something like /Re:lm/) and "reaum" > were alternants in the Middle English period, both ultimately coming from > Old French, which in turn were both from Lat. _regimen_ "system of > goverment", which in turn comes from PIE *reg-, "to rule".But where'd the -l- come from? -- "God is dead" -- Nietzsche "Nietzsche is dead" -- God ICQ #: 18656696 AOL screen-name: NikTailor