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To: marshmallow

“Ganges”- quite possibly from the samr root word as “gangrene”.


22 posted on 01/27/2019 8:43:03 PM PST by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: CrazyIvan
gangrene comes via French from Latin gangraena, from Greek gangraina meaning an "eating sore".

Ganges comes from Ancient Greek Γάγγης ‎(Gángēs) from Sanskrit (गङ्गा ) ‎(gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from verbal root √gam ‎(√gam, “to go”).

Remember that both are Indo-European languages.

24 posted on 01/28/2019 12:43:24 AM PST by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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