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Written by Rangi Ranganath
Sunday, 14 January 2007
Word Origins Dedicated to finding real origins of words in several languages Edition 6 abstemious not over enjoying, like food and drink Origins German ab ‘away’, ‘down’ Latin ab ‘away’, ‘off’ Indian Sanskrit *stha* ‘remain’, ’stay’ Mechanism ab + Indian Sanskrit *stha* = English *abstain* ’stay away’ abstemiuous is adjective.of abstain abstemiously See abstain abstemiously is adverb of abstain abstemiousness See abstain abstemiousness is noun of abstain. abstention See abstain abstention is noun of abstain. abstentionism See abstain abstention is another noun of abstain. abstinence See abstain abstinence is noun of abstain. abstinent See abstain abstinent is adjective of abstain. abstinently See abstain abstinently is adverb of abstain. abundance plenty Origins Indian Sanskrit a ‘not’ Indian Sanskrit *band* ‘bound’, ‘tied’ Mechanism Indian Sanskrit a + *band* = English *abund*ance ‘not bound’, ‘plenty’ abundant See abundance abundant is adjective of abundance. abundant in having plenty See abundance abundant is adjective of abundance abundantly See abundance abundantly is adverb of abundance abuse oral abuse, to use foul language Origins Indian Sanskrit prefix a ‘not’ Indian Sanskrit *bhaasha* ‘language’ Mechanism Thus Indian Sanskrit a + *bhaasha* = English *abuse* abused one who is abused See abuse abuser one who abuses See abuse abusive insulting, offensive See abuse abusive is adjective of abuse. abusively See abuse abusively is adverb of abuse. abusiveness See abuse abusiveness is noun of abuse. Write comment (0 Comments)

a, the first letter

Written by Rangi Ranganath

Monday, 18 December 2006

A, a

Very first letter in all European languages

Origin

a is the first letter in all Indian languages. All have one case.

A, a is the first letter in Russian. It has upper and lower cases.

The Transition

From Indian a to Arabic alif (1700 B.C), Hebrew aleph (circa 1700 B.C), Phoenician aleph (1600 B.C) and Greek Alpha (800 B.C)

back to Roman and English A, a

Indian spoken sounds are tens of thousands of years old. Their age is based on the cave art and paintings at Altamira, Fort de Gaume, Les Trois Freres and Lascaux near the Pyrenees Mountains and Willendorf in Austria. Some of the findings at Lascaux Cave have been Carbon-14 dated to be 15,000 years old. Carbon-14 method is good for determining age upto70, 000 years.

Pyrenees Mountains are located in Western Europe between France and Spain. Basque people speaking an ancient language called euskara, French and Spaniards live in the vicinity of these mountains. We will show that all the above languages, euskara, Spanish and French have origins in India. Most linguists call euskara an ‘isolate’ language meaning that it is not related to any language on our earth. That is because they never looked at Indian languages.

More on Carbon-14 dating in Carbon

A, a

Very first vowel in all European languages

Origin

a is the first vowel in all Indian languages

long aa is the second vowel in all Indian languages

ending to indicate feminine nouns

Origin

Most Indian feminine names end in a

Examples

Radha

Sita

Suchitra

This practice is followed in most languages

Arabic Ayisha

Hebrew Sara

German Monika

Greek Thea

English Barbara

A, a

meaning ‘one’

Origin

Indian Sanskrit eka ‘one’

English

Sanskrit ka is dropped resulting in plain a

symbol for old units of measurement are and ares, modern acre

Origin

Indian Tamil ayr ‘plough'

a-
English prefix meaning ‘not’ as in apolitical ‘not political’

Origin
Indian Sanskrit prefix a- ‘not’

Examples
Indian Sanskrit a- ‘not’ + Indian Sanskrit mrt ‘death’ = Indian Sanskrit amrit ‘elixir’
Indian Sanskrit a- ‘not’ + Indian Sanskrit surah ‘God’ = Indian Sanskrit asurah ‘demon’, ‘not God’

Comments
Indian Sanskrit amrit ‘elixir' is the origin for Italian Amaretto, a popular liqueur.

a (preposition)
meaning ‘per'

Example
English ‘ten cents a dance'

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