Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia seguine

From: "Marek Argent" <abri1973 at wp.pl> on 2016.07.08 at 22:19:49(23657)  Nobody said it means "to begin". I said that the pronounciation of "seguine" may be similar to English "begin". Marek HTML +More ----- Original Message ----- From: John Criswick To: 'Discussion of aroids' Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:03 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia seguine In which language does seguin or seguine mean “to begin”? John. From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Jason Hernandez Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 7:23 PM To: aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia seguine But then the question is, why would it be called by a word that means "to begin"? As I think I may have suggested last time we had this conversation, I wonder if the Arawak name for this plant was something that sounded similar, and early colonists adopted the name without changing it? We have other examples of plant names where this has occurred, such as sarsaparilla and sassafras in North America. So, in conclusion, it appears no one can answer my original question. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large From: "John Criswick" id=yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467512115212_6375>Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia seguine To: "'Discussion of aroids'" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Thanks Marek. Allowing for changes in pronunciation over time and place, ?siggin? is still remarkably similar to ?seggin?. (I write these as an Anglophone would pronounce them.) John. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ------=_NextPart_000_0119_01D1D977.9AD0B600-- --==============80774827696940047==

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