RE: [ImmoderateHeroQuest] Re: Hamsters

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_nbwe4EdZuJ23qS2rmNcrFmZZSPiFTIueSDIqB7HIB5qlgwSeRk81-dzxTVo50SxdFZs>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:38:37 +1200


At 08:17 AM 4/6/2005 +0100, you wrote:

>And, having just checked, the difference between "ize" and "ise" is that
>the "ize" spelling is derived from the Greek "izein" while "ise" is the
>French version which comes from the Latin "izare".

Latin doesn't use Z so they wouldn't have an "izare" form. The closest is the post classical transformation of t (as in Latin and Gratis) to z (as in Lazio and Grazie).

--Peter Metcalfe            

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