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Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 > Topic Options #178659 - 08/12/08 09:12 AM French place names Chatter stranger Registered: 08/12/08 Posts: 2 Loc: California Hi -- I am new to this site and hoping that it is OK to ask a non-English question. We live part time in Languedoc (just West of Provence) and a huge number of village names in the area end in '-argues'. Examples: Lansargues, Baillargues, Saturargues -- the list is endless. And of course, just to the South is Camargue (no 's' here). I have failed so far to find anything on the meaning or etymology of this suffix (?). Any hints? thanks Top #178666 - 08/12/08 12:48 PM Re: French place names [Re: Chatter] Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada Hi Just wondering what the neighbouring languages are in your area. (High school geography was a long time ago.) Top #178668 - 08/12/08 01:01 PM Re: French place names [Re: Zed] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass Zed, if you check the thread above the salt* where nuncle addresses this question, you'll see a link to a very nice geographical type chart (read: map) which shows the frequency of -argues. here's another, more specific to language. *making the same post in two different forums usually only tends to divide possibly useful replies. Top #178673 - 08/12/08 03:46 PM Re: French place names [Re: Chatter] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague [ Deleted superfluous post due to double running thread. ] {Back home to Nugacity}. Top #180822 - 12/10/08 04:30 PM Re: French place names [Re: BranShea] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8435 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Just west of Provence. Could it be influenced by Provencal? Isn't that a Latin offshoot? _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #180825 - 12/10/08 06:09 PM Re: French place names [Re: LukeJavan8] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3290 Loc: R'lyeh Isn't that a Latin offshoot? Yes, Provençal is a Romance language (which means it's a descendant of Vulgar Latin). It is related to other langues d'oc (languages that use oc for 'yes') in the South of France: e.g., Occitan. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #180838 - 12/11/08 11:17 AM Re: French place names [Re: zmjezhd] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8435 Loc: Land of the Flat Water And was not Languedoc a former "province"? It seems like it was a place name before the revolution. In the era's of monarchical France. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #180882 - 12/11/08 11:49 PM Re: French place names [Re: LukeJavan8] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3290 Loc: R'lyeh And was not Languedoc a former "province"? Yes, the old monarchical provinces got broken up into smaller departments. The original province was the province of Provence. It was the first area outside of Italy that the Romans conquered: pro + vincia, the final morpheme related to vinco 'to conquer'. It later became a generic noun for 'province, jurisdiction, sphere of administration'. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #180895 - 12/12/08 05:17 PM Re: French place names [Re: zmjezhd] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8435 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Love it! There is so much to be learned, even for an old school teacher. Appreciate the update. The old French provinces were so romantic. Wine districts as well. Every so often they creep into one's life. Heard Aquitaine mentioned in an old movie the other day. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #180905 - 12/13/08 01:38 AM Re: French place names [Re: LukeJavan8] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3290 Loc: R'lyeh Wine districts as well. Yes, my personal favorite is currently Bourgogne 'Burgundy'. Etzel (Attila), Siegfried (Sigurd), and Kriemhilde (Gudrun, Brunhilda) are all associated with Burgundy, the place not the wine, and it's origin is in a Germanic tribe, the Burgundians. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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. 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