Thanks, bexter -

I think you're looking at the concepts, or meanings of the words, not the actual words. It's my understanding that when they give the etymology of a word, and list other words that share the same root, they mean that the word itself contains that root, not that the meanings of the word are similar.

I'm beginning to concede that the word "judge" has a "dg" in it, and that's about the closest sound to "deik" that I can imagine. It's just difficult many times to see or hear the similarities in words that are supposed to have the same root in them.

Thanks for your reply! cool

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