[lit-ideas] Words...
- From: "Steven G. Cameron" <stevecam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lit-Ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:07:45 -0400
Interesting etymology:
TC,
/Steve Cameron, NJ
axiomatic (ak-see-uh-MAT-ik) adjective
1. Indisputably true; self-evident.
2. Aphoristic.
[From Greek axiomatikos, from axioma (honorable). Ultimately from
Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw) that's also the fount of such
words as act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, and ambassador.]
Researching further, synagogue has an intriguing etymology:
[Middle English, from Old French sinagoge, from Late Latin synagga, from
Greek sunagg, assembly, synagogue, from sunagein, to bring together :
sun-, syn- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European Roots.]
Was actually surprised to discover synagogue's origin; obviously not
from Hebrew!
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