[Lexicog] blessing

[Fritz Goerling]

Si,

I think there is no connection whatsoever between French "blesser/blessure"
(to wound/the wound)
and "to bless/blessing." This reminds me of a prayer which I once heard from
an American
missionary in Côte d'Ivoire who prayed in French: "Seigneur, blesse-nous"
which every French-
speaking person can only understand as "Lord, wound us."

Fritz

Si wrote:

 The link between the Romance idea of wounding (cf Fr la la blessure) and
blessing also seems significant.



  Si

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