LL-L: "Symbols" LOWLANDS-L, 01.AUG.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Edwin Michael Alexander [edsells at idirect.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Symbols" LOWLANDS-L, 31.JUL.2000 (03) [E]

At 06:02 PM 07/31/00 -0700, Henry (and John F.) wrote:
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>If I recall my French lessons correctly, "sous" means "below".
>As in sousterrain, or is that spelled souterrain?

Sorry.  I meant "sur"

>Is this right? Chambers has "supreme" from Latin "supremus", superlative of
>
>"superus", high. The independent Chambers Etymological Dictionary and
>Hachette are similar. "-im-" and "-em-" are normal markers of the
>superlative in L., cf "maximum", "minimum". So "preme" here has nothing to
>do with "primus", "premier", and so on.

I stand corrected.  However, is there a relationship between the "su" part
and the Sanskrit "su" as in Su-braham", the "highest" Brahman.

Ed Alexander
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