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William Hupy
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pastiche

Postby William Hupy » Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:27 pm

I like that this word can be traced from PIE to ancient Greek to Latin, to vulgar Latin, to Italian and from there to French and, in the process English gained "pasta" as well!
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Re: pastiche

Postby call_copse » Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:22 am

Nice word, was discussed quite extensively under http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewt ... che#p42468
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Re: pastiche

Postby William Hupy » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:39 am

Somehow I missed that.
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