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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread lea #173892 02/22/2008 5:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky lea (lee, lay) noun A grassland. [From Old English leah (meadow). Ultimately from Indo-European root leuk- (light) that has resulted in other words such as lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx.] Hmm--all the ref.'s relating to light...did lea come about because a grassland is open? Nothing to make shadows, or to hide behind? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lea Jackie #173897 02/22/2008 6:00 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont and the lee of the stone? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lea Buffalo Shrdlu #173899 02/22/2008 6:19 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague The Shadewell Shenanigans or The Coldstone Conflict? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lea Jackie #174075 02/27/2008 1:59 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 My Etymological Dictionary of the English Language doesn't directly address the connection with light, but what it does say supports your theory: LEA ... lea is cognate with prov. G loh, a morass, bog, wood, forest ... ... L. lucus, a grove, glade, open space in a wood (?) ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lea Sparteye #174076 02/27/2008 2:23 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thanks--good to see you! [blowing kiss e] 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

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