Re: [ET2] Meaning of responsibility

That is indeed interesting, Robert, but I still feel that we get more spiritual mileage out of language when we ignore strict etymology and look at what a word does break down into.
One example comes from the teachings in A Course in Miracles where the atonement, or undoing of illusions, is often talked of. Then, bearing in mind the Course's teachings of one-ness there is the understanding of this word as at-one-ment. Of course in etymological terms it doesn't pan out but it's weird nontheless.
Dis-ease is another one very relevant to our list. Also 'present' meaning that which has been given but looked at as pre-sent this links with the idea of God sending gifts even before we ask.
There are more than that but it's late and I'm too tired now to think of them. Maybe someone else can.
Blessings
Linda
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: robertad762000
  To: emotrance2_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:07 PM
  Subject: [ET2] Meaning of responsibility

  Doc, I asked my girlfriend who was top of the top of Cambridge
  University's Classics dept. and she says that your breaking down of
  responsibility is false etymology.

  Responsibility is from the Latin, "respondere", and means to "repond
  or answer for something."

  The "re" prefix is inherent in answering or responding.

  She says the mistake is common when laymen try to break down English
  words. It is because Greek and Latin share some of the same root
  words. The Greek stole somethings from the Roman and vice versa.
  They also both stole from Egyptian and other unknown languages.

  She said many things I don't understand but essentially "sponde"
  doesn't mean what it appears to mean. Smething to do with syllabic
  quantity's and long and short sounds in the Greek language.

  It sure is complicated.

  Yours Robert.

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