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Re: VERSUS > verso = toward(s)

• From: Jacques Dehée <jacquesdehe@hidden.email>
• Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:40:35 -0000
• Subject: Re: VERSUS > verso = toward(s)
• To: romconlang@yahoogroups.com

Bon die,

Gratias pro vostre mesage,

Jacques

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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Carl Edlund Anderson <cea@...> 
wrote:
>
> 
> On 22 Jan 2007, at 06:31, Jacques Dehée wrote:
> > VERSUS [Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, turned,
> > TOWARD, from past participle of vertere, to turn.]
> > Most Romance-like conlangs have "verso" = toward(s).
> 
> As a fan of Ibero-Romance, I sometimes derive prepositions for  
> "towards" from Latin "facie ad".
> 
> Cheers,
> Carl
> 
> --
> Carl Edlund Anderson
> http://www.carlaz.com/
>

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