Re: RO eccles. term.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:05:21 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>
> >george knysh wrote:
> >>> pãresimi < quadragessima
> >>
> >> *****GK: This looks promising, but how does one derive
> >> the Romanian word from "quadragesima"?*****
> >
> >with much wish. There are some difficulties as in deriving preot

from

> >presbiterium
> >quadragesima > pãresimi will imply:
> >dr > r ; ag = lost;
>
> Spanish cuaresma, Catalan quaresma, Italian quaresima (cf. "40"

cuarenta,

> quaranta, quaranta < Latin quadraginta). Vulgar Latin *quar(a)

ésima > Rom.

> *pãresimã > pãresimi with a change of ending.
>
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

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