Re: Res: [tied] Etymology of Rome

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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal

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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:03 PM

Subject: Re: Res: [tied] Etymology of Rome

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:49:01 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
<alexandru_mg3@ yahoo.com> wrote:

> 2. As I know Roma has a short-o inside not a long one

Actually, the <o> is long.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
miguelc@... nl

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We had a long discussion of this subject either last year or the prior.

I have yet to be convinced that the etymology I proposed then, *ro:m-, meaning 'adult (tribal member)', was less likely than those provided recently.

I have a fuller discussion of this proposal at

http://geocities.com/proto-language/ProtoLanguage-Monosyllableshtm#RO?MO

for anyone interested.

 

Patrick

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