[lbo-talk] etymology

[C. G. Estabrook]

There seems to be general agreement among philologists that
they come from different Indo-European roots:

   [1] ters- (-> terrestrial) means "to dry"; cf. Eng. thirst,
Latin terra (= dry land); also related to toast, torrid, etc. 

   [2] tres- (-> terrorist) means "to tremble"; Latin terrere,
to frighten (i.e., cause to tremble); related to Skr. tras
(tremble) and Russian tryasti (shake).

--CGE  

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:31:55 -0400
>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>  
>Subject: [lbo-talk] etymology  
>To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
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>Any etmyology experts on this list? Some hyper-PC dude on the
WBAI 
>producers' list claims that "terrorist" comes from the same
root as 
>"terrestrial" - because terrorist = dirt. Dictionaries do not
confirm 
>this, but...
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