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they're all Italic languages.
Technically, they are Italic languages, along with Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, and Umbrian, but they are usually called Romance languages, and are all the modern forms of Latin. Faliscan and Oscan are new to me.
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Yes, Goofy , it is correct. I simplified my answer to explain the word OC . France had a langage partition: the South of the country (Languedoc, Provence .. used OC for yes - pronounced O- and in the Northern part the yes was pronounced OIL ( that became OUI ).
The Languedoc, as you mentionned, is the southern part where the Oc is in use ( see wikipedia entry : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langues_d'o%C3%AFl)
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This is all very curious. Interesting how oil developed
into oui. And oc? sort of hard to understand.
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oc is from Latin hoc "this". oïl is from Latin hoc ille "that man".
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OK: takes me back to my high school Latin. Thanks.
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This is all very curious. Interesting how oil developed
into oui. And oc? sort of hard to understand. Don't pronounce it like any version of the English word for petroleum. Make it more like oh-WEEL, then drop the L, and blend the remaining sounds. It comes pretty close to the modern French oui.
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the English word for petroleum uh our word for petroleum is petrol (shortened from petroleum)...we also have diesel...oil is the crude oil resource that you get petrol from... Or cooking oils such as olive oil, sunflower oil etc
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This is all very curious. Interesting how oil developed
into oui. And oc? sort of hard to understand. Don't pronounce it like any version of the English word for petroleum. Make it more like oh-WEEL, then drop the L, and blend the remaining sounds. It comes pretty close to the modern French oui. OK that makes much more sense. Thanks.
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the English word for petroleum uh our word for petroleum is petrol (shortened from petroleum)...we also have diesel...oil is the crude oil resource that you get petrol from... Or cooking oils such as olive oil, sunflower oil etc Glad you're back. Happy March to you.
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From Compact OED online:
petroleum
noun
[mass noun]
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a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons which is present in suitable rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil; oil.
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin petra 'rock' (from Greek) + Latin
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