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Hearty accord to mav's comment, One of the wonders of language for me is the ability to find new connections even in familiar material. I had a similar epiphany when dr. bill used a word, ithyphallic, unfamiliar to me. bartleby.com, gives the root and alternate form of that root. These were vigorous, seminal roots, and among their progeny are intriguing connections, some surprising.
I here cite only the striking fact that the words phallic and fool are linguistically related.
Ah, the deep wisdom embedded in our language!
http://bartleby.com/61/34/I0263400.html
Roots: http://bartleby.com/61/roots/IE51.html;
http://bartleby.com/61/roots/IE53.html; and http://bartleby.com/61/roots/IE65.html
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