Jun 29, 2009

words wholly unrelated

  • genius & ingenious: The former from gignere (to be born). The latter from ingenium (clever).
  • sacrilegious & religious: The former from sacra legere (to purloin sacred objects). The latter from religare (to bind).

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    the L. masculus “masculine, male” (cf. Prov. mascle, Sp. macho, It. maschio), dim. of mas (gen. maris) “male person or...
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    and ingenious both come...gignere. Or so says the Online Etymology Dictionary. That...
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