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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: windows of the soul #125414 03/20/04 04:17 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Good call on thorpe ~ Dorf, Dr Bill. The ops in hydropsy is the same as that in Odyssey's overseer, Cyclops, and is related to the eye, but in Greek it also meant 'face'. All from PIE *okw- 'to see' as are L occulus, German Auge, usw. Eyes and the face: there's also German Gesicht (lit. 'seen') and French visage. http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE360.html OTOH, (o)edema is from the Gk oidema 'swelling' < oidein 'to swell', whence also Oedipus of the swollen feet, and from the same root *oid- 'to swell' comes Eng oat, German Eiter(beule) 'abcess, blain, boil, furuncle', and Sanskrit indra 'Indra'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: windows of the soul #125415 03/20/04 05:00 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear jheem: I don't quite get connection between "-ops = eye " and edema. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: windows of the soul #125416 03/20/04 05:01 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California dropsy == edema that's all Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: windows of the soul #125417 03/20/04 05:15 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear jheem: now I get it. Ops- = face (not just eye) Perhaps cropsy might have been first noticeable in face. (If you didn't notice it in big belly,etc) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 775 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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