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E 0489 ISO-
The wordpart " iso-" is of
Greek origin .
H 0946 ה ו ש
Concept of root : similarity
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ה ו ש
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shawé ;
shiwè
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similar ;
to make
similar
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Related English words
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iso-
from Greek
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Comparison between European words and
Hebrew
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Languages
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Words
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Pronunciation
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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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ה ו ש
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shawé
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shiwè
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similar;
to make similar
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sh . w
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Greek
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ισος
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isos
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similar
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(i) s (o) <
w (i)s w(o)
< s w (o)
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Proto-Semitic *SHEW'À --- ISOS < *(WI)SWOS < Greek
We need a complicated reasoning around the Greek word "isos" to discern the similarity in sound, with the " similarity " of the meaning " similar " being already obvious.
Note:
- Greek "isos", according to the agreed vision of Greek scholars, comes from " wiswos ". From there on back several roads have been explored , but there is no unanimity. We find help in the similarity with Hebrew, without risking that our reasoning would be a petitio principii. Things are relatively simple we believe. The word "wiswos" has doubled the W or WAW. Thus we see : "wiswos" < "swos" = "swo + s". The final S is needed for the forming of the adjective. The root is "S W (O)"
Note:
- Greek has proliferated in many modern languages, especially in composed words beginning with "iso-". We quote here the well known "isobar" , "isomer", "isometric" and "isotherm". One should not consider "isolate" that is of different origin, having to do with "isle".
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- Proto-Semitic . This root is seen in Aramaic and Syriac "ש ו א , shew'à = was equal, even, like" and Arabic and was probably present in Proto-Semitic: "*ש ו א , SH W Aleph".
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- Indo-European . An existing hypothesis is "(e)wisw-", nearly the same as seen for Greek. This might be right, but the information on which this is based, contains words meaning "all, total", concepts that are neither present among nor clearly related to those of Greek "isos". Consequently the comparison for now has to stay between Semitic and Greek.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 05/12/2012 at 17.42.55 |
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