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#128431 05/09/2004 1:46 AM
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I'm interested in compiling a list of Latin words that have entered English by more than one route, like regal and royal. Any other good ones out there?


#128432 05/09/2004 2:11 PM
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OK. Sounds like fun, but some a triple-dipped. parfait ~ perfect, (beef ~ bovine), piano ~ plane, palazzo ~ palace, piazza ~ plaza ~ place, cross ~ crux, card ~ chart, castle ~ chateau, cattle ~ chattel, pasta ~ paste ~ pâté, gimmal ~ gimbal ( ~ Gemini), empire ~ imperium, blank ~ blanche, bursa ~ burse ~ purse, (cereal ~ cerveza), pottage ~ porridge, &c.


#128433 05/09/2004 6:18 PM
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Great list, jheem. Thanks muchly!


#128434 05/09/2004 9:56 PM
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You're welcome. What are you going to do with the list?


#128435 05/10/2004 2:38 AM
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>what am I going to do with the list?

commit it to memory, just for the Sheol of it, and see how many of the sets I can find the unvarnished Germanic equivalents for.


#128436 05/10/2004 10:33 AM
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spright, spirit, esprit; chief, captain.



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