| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | k - |
| DEFINITION: | To like, desire. Oldest form *ke 2-, colored to *ka2-, contracted to *k-. 1. Suffixed form *k-ro-. a. (i) whore, from Old English h re; (ii) whoredom, from Old Norse compound hrdmr (-dmr, “condition”; see dh -). Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *hraz (feminine *hrn-), “one who desires,” adulterer; b. caress, charity, cherish; Mother Carey's chicken, from Latin crus, dear. 2. Suffixed form *k-mo-. Kama; Kamasutra, from Sanksrit kma , love, desire. (Pokorny k- 515.) |
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