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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Carl Hult <datalampa@...> wrote:
> I´ve been asked to look up the french word for fued or
wrestling,
> lutte. Hard to find a etyomlogical dictionary for french words when
I
> hardly know a word of french. Anyone who knows its history?
>
> Carl Hult
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lutte <--- post-Classical Latin 'lucta' "wrestling match" (I
presume the English 'ineluctable' derives therefrom) <--- Greek (not
sure exactly which form, but cf. 'lugizo' "bend like a twig" <--
'lugos' "withe" <--- I.E. root I can't cite because online Pokorny
just became inaccessible.
OK?
Dan Milton