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Re: Lexicons and Langauge Borrowing

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Subject: Re: Lexicons and Langauge Borrowing
From: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:00:16 -0500
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Padrig Bryn yscrifef:

> I thought there was a distinction here between romantic love and, well,
> rut.

Harumph.  You keep gumming this up, Padrig.  Here it is again:

                Inherited < Latin AMORE(M)      Borrowed from Occitan

Occitan         amor (pron. "amur")             ---
                "love, all senses"

French          ameur (arch. & dial.)           amour
                "estrus, rut"                   "love, all senses"

Brithenig       afur (pron. "avur")             amur
                "love, all senses"              "romantic love (or
                                                partner or event)"

--
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)

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