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Abe Abraham
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Noah Wedi Webster as Etymologist

Post by Abe Abraham » 11 Dec 2019, 19:36


A fair example is his entry for the word SPEAK where he derives the English word from an Ethiopian term that he transliterates as SABAK, " to preach, to teach, to proclaim " .....