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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread kama my house #120325 01/17/2004 9:27 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Sanskrit ka:ma 'want, desire, wish, love' comes from a root *ka:- 'to want, desire' with an added -mo-. Gives us, with a different suffix -ro-, Latin carus 'dear, valued', Gothic hors 'adulterer, whore', English whore (not sure where the 'w' came from). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted suture wwh 01/17/2004 6:32 PM Re: suture jheem 01/17/2004 8:52 PM Re: suture wwh 01/17/2004 9:10 PM kama my house jheem 01/17/2004 9:27 PM Re: kama my house wwh 01/17/2004 9:43 PM Re: kama my house of troy 01/18/2004 2:28 PM Re: kama my house jheem 01/18/2004 4:52 PM Re: kama my house wwh 01/18/2004 5:07 PM Re: kama my house Faldage 01/18/2004 3:23 PM Re: whence? maverick 01/19/2004 5:10 PM Re: whence? jheem 01/19/2004 5:22 PM Re: whence? wwh 01/19/2004 5:29 PM Re: Immortal John Donne maahey 01/20/2004 5:15 AM the hour is come wofahulicodoc 01/19/2004 9:40 PM Re: the hour is come wwh 01/19/2004 10:45 PM 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,423 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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