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Iarwain · 10-12-2003, 05:29 PM

word- OGer-"wort", L-verbum, Greek-eirein
base - L- Greek "basis"
root - OE... - L radix, Gr hriza
example -L exemplum
in - L in -Gr en
related - L relatus

Too true, too true. The true trouble is making the connections. For example, while in latin many words are easily recognizable (but by no means most), when one goes all the way back to Classical Greek, it can be fairly difficult to pick up the connections. One would hardly guess that economy can be traced back to the greek words oikia (house) and nomos (law).

Don't worry, this may seem unrelated to Tolkien, but was he not a philologist? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Iarwain

10-12-2003, 05:29 PM	#9
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	word- OGer-"wort", L-verbum, Greek-eirein base - L- Greek "basis" root - OE... - L radix, Gr hriza example -L exemplum in - L in -Gr en related - L relatus Too true, too true. The true trouble is making the connections. For example, while in latin many words are easily recognizable (but by no means most), when one goes all the way back to Classical Greek, it can be fairly difficult to pick up the connections. One would hardly guess that economy can be traced back to the greek words oikia (house) and nomos (law). Don't worry, this may seem unrelated to Tolkien, but was he not a philologist? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"