Re[2]: [tied] the bee

At 8:12:48 PM on Friday, April 18, 2003, alex_lycos wrote:

> From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <piotr.gasiorowski@...>

>> Rom. albinã not only _can_, but _does_ come from
>> <albi:na>, an adjectival derivative of <alvus> 'beehive',
>> like <mari:nus> from <mare>. Bees live in hives, you know

> Excuse me but here you are wrong. "Marin" is not inherited
> but a reent loand.

He isn't wrong. He didn't say anything about <marin>. He
simply pointed out that _in_Latin_ there are other examples
of derivations parallel to that of <albi:na> from <alvus>.

Brian