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| Re: a- in [Times they are a-changin] and |
| 19 Jul 24 09:03:12 |
XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.language.latin From: dragonot@libero.it Il 18/07/2024 09:24, Ed Cryer ha scritto: > Also not to be confused with alpha privative, which comes from Greek; an > alpha in front of a word turns it negative (Latin uses "in"). If I remember correctly, Greek α-privative and Latin "in-" derive from the Indo-European nasal sonant "n̥". Bepe --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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