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I have noticed that the 's' is often exchanged with a 'z' in the word paradise!
The word paradise does not contain the suffix -ise. It is ultimately from and Old Iranian word pari- 'around' (cf. Greek περι- (peri-) + daiz- 'to heap up, build' (cf. English dough, Latin fingō 'to touch, handle; form, shape') meaning enclosure and later walled park or garden.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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daiz- 'to heap up, build' --> dais, surely?
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Interesting topic..I have noticed that the 's' is often exchanged with a 'z' in the word paradise!
This seems mostly in songs for some reason. lolz
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daiz- 'to heap up, build' --> dais, surely? According to AHD4 dais is from Latin discus and don't call yourself Shirley.
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dais, surely?
Why? As Faldo has pointed out, the two words are not related. The Indo-European root for the Persian root daiz- is *dheigh-, and in Latin that initial dh corresponds to an f (cf. Latin fumus 'smoke', Greek θυμος (thumos) 'mind, soul', Sanskrit dhuma 'smoke' < PIE *dheu-m-).
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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