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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 #178659 - 08/12/08 01:12 PM French place names   Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Chatter stranger Chatter   stranger Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 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 #178666 - 08/12/08 04:48 PM Re: French place names [Re: Chatter]   Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Hi Just wondering what the neighbouring languages are in your area. (High school geography was a long time ago.) #178668 - 08/12/08 05:01 PM Re: French place names [Re: Zed]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 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. #178673 - 08/12/08 07:46 PM Re: French place names [Re: Chatter]   Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague [ Deleted superfluous post due to double running thread. ] {Back home to Nugacity}. #180822 - 12/10/08 09:30 PM Re: French place names [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 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---- #180825 - 12/10/08 11:09 PM Re: French place names [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 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. #180838 - 12/11/08 04:17 PM Re: French place names [Re: zmjezhd]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 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---- #180882 - 12/12/08 04:49 AM Re: French place names [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 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. #180895 - 12/12/08 10:17 PM Re: French place names [Re: zmjezhd]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 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---- #180905 - 12/13/08 06:38 AM Re: French place names [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 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. Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 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