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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Heal & holy? #71915 05/31/02 12:40 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1 B Blawren OP stranger OP Blawren stranger B Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1 I have read recently that the words "heal" and "holy," as well as the word "whole," are all derived from the same base word (Latin? Greek?). Can anyone confirm that for me and give me more information? I haven't been able to find derivations in the dictionaries I have looked at. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Heal & holy? Blawren 05/31/02 12:40 PM Re: Heal & holy? Faldage 05/31/02 01:18 PM English and Norse Father Steve 05/31/02 06:52 PM Re: English and Norse Faldage 05/31/02 06:57 PM Crossing Over Father Steve 05/31/02 07:14 PM Re: Crossing Over Faldage 05/31/02 07:17 PM bloody Vikings! FishonaBike 05/31/02 08:51 PM Re: bloody Vikings! Geoff 06/01/02 01:05 AM Re: bloody Vikings! Angel 06/01/02 02:20 AM Order Father Steve 06/01/02 03:53 AM Re: Order Angel 06/01/02 04:07 AM Re: Order FishonaBike 06/01/02 09:31 PM Re: Order Keiva 06/01/02 02:08 PM Two of Me Father Steve 06/01/02 10:52 PM Re: Two of Me Angel 06/01/02 11:47 PM Re: Order wordcrazy 06/02/02 02:51 AM Re: Heal & holy? Angel 05/31/02 06:07 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,363 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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