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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Susurrus #200355 06/09/2011 2:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Snowgirl's haiku (nice!) reminded me of what I thought of when I saw today's Word: is there a difference between susurrus and susurration? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Susurrus Jackie #200356 06/09/2011 3:57 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass well, yeah - susurration is from the Latin root susurrus, while susurrus *is the Latin root. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Susurrus tsuwm #200361 06/09/2011 12:55 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh while susurrus *is the Latin root. Well, technically, susurrus and susurration are both Latin words. Though, the noun susurrus 'whispering, muttering' got verbed susurro (susurrare, susurravi, susurratus) 'to whisper, mutter', and the final form (past participle) of the verb got nouned susurratio 'whispering'. The Latin words, along with the related surdus 'deaf' go back to a PIE root *swer- ''; related to German schwirren 'to buzz, whirr; swish'. In Latin the first su- looks like either reduplication or some other root got glommed on to it. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Susurrus zmjezhd #200371 06/10/2011 3:23 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky German schwirren Hmm--also fairly onomatopoeic. Thanks to you both. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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