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Mesapotamia came up, i.e., the land between the two rivers, and i thought of hippopotamus, (horse of the river, or more commonly river horse with the potumos ending meaning river.. and i wondered how river and feather had the same root -- and looked it up, here is the link,
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE405.html
and wow, what a list of words !
The commonality seems to be rapid movement -- (to fly, to rush,) and from there many movement words, and feather related words... ) and while there are many links, i can think of one or two words related to the root that are not listed.. and i suspect others can add more! but even the ones what are listed , offer a wealth of fun.
what does panache Dash, Verve have to do with ptomaine a nitrogenous organic compound produced by bacterial putrefaction ?
the text below, is incomplete, since images of some of the symbols used don't copy well.. and the original has many links..
Pet(symbol)-
Also pet- (oldest form *pet1-). To rush, fly. Variant *pte1-, contracted to *pt-. Derivatives include feather, compete, perpetual, ptomaine, symptom, and hippopotamus. 1. Suffixed form *pet-r-. feather, from Old English fether, feather, from Germanic *fethr, feather. 2. –petal, petition, petulant; appetite, compete, impetigo, impetuous, impetus, perpetual, repeat, from Latin petere, to go toward, seek. 3. Suffixed form *pet-n-. panache, pen1, penna, pennate, pennon, pin, pinna, pinnacle, pinnate, pinnati-, pinnule; empennage, from Latin penna, pinna, feather, wing. 4. Suffixed form *pet-ro- in compound *aku-petro- (see ku-). 5. Suffixed form *pet-yo-. propitious, from Latin propitius, favorable, gracious, originally a religious term meaning “falling or rushing forward,” hence “eager,” “well-disposed” (said of the gods; pr-, forward; see per1). 6. Suffixed zero-grade form *pt-ero-. –pter; acanthopterygian, aminopterin, apteryx, archaeopteryx, coleopteran, dipteral, mecopteran, orthopteran, peripteral, plecopteran, pteridology, pterygoid, sauropterygian, from Greek pteron, feather, wing, and pterux, wing. 7. Suffixed zero-grade form *pt-ilo-. coleoptile, from Greek ptilon, soft feathers, down, plume. 8. Suffixed variant form *pt-no-. stearoptene, from Greek ptnos, winged, flying. 9. Reduplicated form *pi-pt-. ptomaine, ptosis; asymptote, peripeteia, proptosis, symptom, from Greek piptein, to fall, with verbal adjective pttos (< pt-to-), falling, fallen, and nominal derivatives ptsis (< *pt-ti-), a fall, and ptm (< *pt-m), a fall, fallen body, corpse. 10. O-grade form *pot-. hippopotamus, potamology, from Greek potamos “rushing water,” river (-amo-, Greek suffix). 11. Suffixed form *pet-tro-. talipot, from Sanskrit pattram, feather, leaf. (Pokorny 2. pet- 825.)
for a long time. Before bacteria were discovered, it was thought some kinds of food poisoning
were due to breakdown of proteins, and called "ptomaine poisoning." My father had a
Mrs. Malaprop complain to him that she had "pantomime poisoning."
I expect to spend a lot of time going over that goldmine again. Thanks, of troy.
Different roots: Potable from Latin potare, to drink, traces back to PIE poi-, to drink. The Greek traces back to the PIE root pet-, to rush, fly.
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More often called potent potables!
and Wof, potable water is often not redundent. at road construction sites, they some times have a tank (truck) with water to wash down the road, and another smaller tank of potable water. and good quality garden hoses can deliver potable water --but sometimes cheap ones are not safe to drink from and so labeled.
Haven't thought of that usage in a long time though (warm thoughts emoticon); I must have stayed too close to big cities for too long, and haven't seen any dirt roads in the summertime lately...
Aha! My misunderstanding was correct after all!
of those. My dictionary says:dashing elegance of manner; carefree, spirited self-confidence or style; flamboyance.
One feather in your cap won't do it. You have to be confident everybody knows you have had
many dozens of them in the past.
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