Re: [ET2] Meaning of responsibility

At 09:07 PM 5/28/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>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.

Robert, I agree that it is complicated that's why this layman did his
research while getting his Piled Higher and deeper in Comparative Religions
the most difficult language, worst than Greek or Latin is is Aramaic which
Hebrew is based upon and most Bible scripture was written in originally.

I'll take the experts opinion and not reinvent or relive ( I mean not
invent again or live again) [wait a minute that's a different "re' than
what your girlfriend is "re"ferring to (there's another "re", again)

I may be wrong in your girlfriends eyes and yet the experts and books I
consulted see where "sponde" CAN mean what it appears to mean.

I'm curious where does the Latin word "respondere" come from. It is looks
like a combination of roots.

Anyway all that aside; ONE possible meaning of the word responsibility is
to once again liberate. (This has been agreed with by a scholar who reads
and writes fluently 7 different languages including GK, Latin, Heb and
Aramaic) What other useful definitions can your girlfriend help us with.

This definition is the most useful definition I have found so far. If she
can present me with a more useful one I will take it.

I'm more interested in what works vs what someone says is accepted as right.

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Received on Wed May 28 2003 - 16:24:21 BST