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Great word, Doc. The OED suggests that an earlier meaning of comedo is the small worms that devour a body, (maggots?). Anyway, the German term for comedo is Mitesser which is a fine example of a calque or loan translation. The prefix com- in Latin meaning the same as the German mit 'together, with' and the edo, edere, meaning the same as essen 'to eat', and in fact the two later words are cognate. A favorite calque of mine is luna de miel in Spanish for honeymoon.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted comedo wwh 12/26/03 02:33 PM Re: comedo jheem 01/10/04 02:15 PM Re: comedo wwh 01/10/04 03:03 PM Re: comedo jheem 01/10/04 03:09 PM Re: comedo wwh 01/10/04 03:22 PM
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