Re: Lat. CUMUL/US, CUMIL- (Ar. ghml, ghmyl) --- HEAP...

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 68322
Date: 2011-12-29

Yes, but is the -ulus just a Latin suffix?


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Subject: [tied] Re: Lat. CUMUL/US, CUMIL- (Ar. ghml, ghmyl) --- HEAP...

 


>Compare with Latin
>
>cumul/us cumil- : heaped measure, to stack hay etc.
>
>1650s, "a heap," from L. cumulus "a heap, pile, mass, surplus,"
>from PIE *ku-m-olo

And tumulus, tumuli.




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