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<font size=3>At 01:13 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Isn't this a relatively common
source of sound change? Two examples<br>
that come to mind are "humble" (< Lat. humilis) and Gk.
"andro-" (as<br>
in "androgyny", "android", etc.) from earlier Gk.
"aner" ('male<br>
human'). And I'm pretty sure the -b- in Span. "hombre" is
the same<br>
sort of interpolated stop (Lat. homo, hominis, orig. from the same<br>
"humus" root as "humble").</font></blockquote><br>
<font size=3>Not only is it a common source of sound change, but in fact
the same etymon underwent the same change in French, leading to chamBre
'room', which, of course, is what CAMERA originally meant. Wheels
within wheels...<br><br>
Geoff</font></body>
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