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To: heyheyhey
Greek words “agricola” (a farmer) or “nauta” (a sailor)

Greek words? Methinks, dear Homer, you have nodded.

62 posted on 07/16/2002 11:28:45 AM PDT by ninenot
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To: ninenot
These two (unlike “sophia”) are found in Latin as well, but they are both Greek imports, as far as I remember from school. Greek “agros” (field, farm) is the root word for “agricola.” The Greek origin of “nauta” is easier to proof for this discussion’s sake -- e.g. when one dissects the word “cosmonaut” meaning in Greek “space-(universe)-sailor” one gets a purely Greek word “cosmos” and another Greek word “nauta” -- the latter borrowed by Latin.
I am going to double-check in some clever book later, but I’m 98.675% certain it is correct. Cheers!
:)
72 posted on 07/16/2002 1:54:24 PM PDT by heyheyhey
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