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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The origin of the word, "understand" Faldage #168549 06/05/07 05:59 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh And the word substantive (as in the old-fashioned grammatical term noun substantive vs noun adjective)) comes from the same Latin verb. It's interesting that German has verstehen, rather than *unterstehen. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The origin of the word, "understand" Hydra 06/04/07 02:24 AM Re: The origin of the word, "understand" of troy 06/04/07 03:29 AM Re: The origin of the word, "understand" Faldage 06/04/07 10:57 AM Re: The origin of the word, "understand" zmjezhd 06/05/07 05:59 AM Ich verstehe Faldage 06/05/07 10:48 AM Re: Ich verstehe zmjezhd 06/06/07 06:10 AM Re: The origin of the word, "understand" wsieber 06/06/07 09:58 AM Re: The origin of the word, "understand" Faldage 06/06/07 10:37 AM Re: undertaking Jackie 06/07/07 02:59 PM Re: undertaking Aramis 06/07/07 08:06 PM Re: The origin of the word, "understand" Hydra 06/05/07 05:53 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,405 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 344 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,580 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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