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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread reciprocity #120925 01/23/2004 3:16 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Now there's a dandy word I haven't heard for a while. I had no luck trying to find etymology. Share and share alike. Remember using logarithms, and having to find reciprocals? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reciprocity etymology #120926 01/23/2004 3:26 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Check AHD4: http://www.bartleby.com/61/35/R0083500.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reciprocity #120927 01/23/2004 3:39 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I had no luck trying to find etymology. That's because its is a troubled one. From Latin reciproco 'to move backwards, or back and forth'. The re- prefix is familar, but the rest of the word is murky. Cf. Latin procer 'chief, noble'. But where did the -ci- come from? Some kind of strange reduplication? Anyway, re for 'back' and pro for 'forth' is about it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reciprocity #120928 01/23/2004 3:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reciprocity #120929 01/23/2004 10:27 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Are we talking about symbiosis again? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reciprocity #120930 01/24/2004 2:37 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland But where did the -ci- come from? How about from "cis" meaning "on this side" - e.g. "cis Taurum", "cis Alpes"? Which is apparently related to a Sanskrit stem "ki". On the subject of "ki" - here's more Nostraticist fodder: ki means "who" in Hungarian and French. Coincidence? Probably. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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