Etymology of rose / rhodon
in reply to a message by Cass
All etymological dictionaries I have access to, say that the Greeks imported their word for "rose" from Persia or some other place in the Middle East. I don't know, how reliable this source is, but a quick check seems to confirm its reliability:http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=r&p=18So I would agree with Cass in this respect.
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meaning  ·  Rhode  ·  1/31/2006, 3:08 AM
On Rhode  ·  Pavlos  ·  2/7/2006, 12:29 AM
Re: meaning  ·  Kassios  ·  1/31/2006, 9:14 AM
Re: meaning  ·  Cass  ·  1/31/2006, 10:53 AM
Re: meaning  ·  Kassios  ·  1/31/2006, 11:40 AM
Re: meaning  ·  Cass  ·  1/31/2006, 5:21 PM
Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  2/1/2006, 4:30 AM
Re: Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Kassios  ·  2/2/2006, 8:54 AM
Re: Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  2/3/2006, 11:15 PM
Re: Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Kassios  ·  2/4/2006, 10:34 AM
Re: Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Andy  ·  2/4/2006, 12:01 PM
Ouch!  ·  Pavlos:-(  ·  2/7/2006, 4:37 AM
Re: Ouch!  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  2/7/2006, 9:47 AM
Ah, so! n/t  ·  Pavlos  ·  2/7/2006, 11:32 PM
Narnia and Wonderland  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  2/8/2006, 12:28 AM
...and risk offending various species if talking animals?  ·  Pavlos  ·  2/8/2006, 5:24 AM
Re: Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Kassios  ·  2/5/2006, 2:27 AM
Re: Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  2/5/2006, 10:01 PM
Re: Etymology of rose / rhodon  ·  Kassios  ·  2/6/2006, 1:34 AM
Re: meaning  ·  Kassios  ·  2/1/2006, 2:31 AM
Re: meaning  ·  Kassios  ·  2/1/2006, 2:28 AM
Re: meaning  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  1/31/2006, 5:14 AM
Re: meaning  ·  raindancing  ·  1/31/2006, 4:19 AM