Are you able to understand what language is that??

Guest   Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:41 pm GMT
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Eric   Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:51 pm GMT
Guest: <<44545>>

I agree. 44,545.667 to be precise.
greg   Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:06 am GMT
Partagent la même ligne étymologique que Fr <acheter> :

apulien : <accattè>
calabrais : <accattàri>
campanien : <accatta'>
ligure : <accattá> — mais aussi <cumprá>
napolitain : <accattare>
picard : <acater>
piedmontais : <caté> <ciatà> — mais aussi <compré>
poitevin : <achetàe> <ajhetàe>
provençal : <achatar> <achetar> — mais aussi <crompar>
savoyard : <açhetar>
vivaro-alpin : <acaptar> <achaptar> — mais aussi <crompar>
wallon : <atch'ter> <atchtè>

et dérivent du latin <accapitare> <accaptare> qui seraient issus 1/ soit de <ad> + <captare> — 2/ soit de <acceptare> remanié sur le modèle <acceptare>.




gascon : <crompar>
lombard : <comperà> <comprà> <cumprà>
occitan : <crompar>
sindbad   Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:36 pm GMT
a.p.a.m.

I don't dispute that... I was comparing only the literary forms of languages...
a.p.a.m.   Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:09 pm GMT
Sinbad, yes, I know. Since this forum caters to those who are interested in languages, I thought I might add that item to enhance the knowledge of others.
OldAvatar   Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:41 am GMT
"et dérivent du latin <accapitare> <accaptare> qui seraient issus 1/ soit de <ad> + <captare> — 2/ soit de <acceptare> remanié sur le modèle <acceptare>"

Latin "accaptiare" is also the origin of Romanian word "a agăţa, agăţare" meaning "to hang, to hook, to catch fast".

Best regards
Andrew   Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:59 pm GMT
While French and Italian don't sound a lot a like I hear that they have SOOO many world and phrases in common that look so much like each other...but sound nothing a like!