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Etymology of exit
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minus273 Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5765 days ago 288 posts - 346 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English^C2, French Studies: Ancient Greek, Tibetan	Message 2 of 3 25 May 2009 at 7:59pm \| IP Logged
	But why is Latin derived from Greek? We restore the s- from a Greek spiritus asper? We replace artificially wanax and basileus with an older rex without any trace? We invent an ablative long lost from Greek? 1 person has voted this message useful
William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French	Message 3 of 3 28 May 2009 at 3:16pm \| IP Logged
	In fact, an early discovery of comparative linguists was that Latin and Greek are not closely related to each other. They are both Indo-European languages, of course, but in different branches. 1 person has voted this message useful

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