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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: the barbicans of paradise #123945 02/27/2004 4:58 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta According to the AHD entry on barbican http://www.bartleby.com/61/18/B0071800.html, there was an intermediate step in Mediaeval Latin between the French and Persian. Are there any more missing steps? What contact was there between Latin speakers and Persians at the time when barbicans were being built? Shouldn't it have come through Byzantine Greek or through Arabic? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the barbicans of paradise jheem 02/26/2004 6:42 PM Re: the barbicans of paradise Bingley 02/27/2004 4:58 AM Re: the barbicans of paradise maahey 02/27/2004 5:31 PM Re: the barbicans of paradise jheem 02/27/2004 5:50 PM Re: the barbicans of paradise maahey 02/27/2004 6:36 PM Re: the barbicans of paradise jheem 02/27/2004 6:58 PM Re: the barbicans of paradise maahey 02/27/2004 7:08 PM Re: the barbicans of paradise maahey 02/27/2004 5:43 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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