Talk:patrimony
Latest comment: 16 years ago by Ivan Štambuk in topic What is the Latin word derived from?
What is the Latin word derived from?
editI wonder whether it is true that Latin patrimonium is derived from Latin pater `father' and Greek nomos `law, custom', as written in the Portuguese Wikipedia -- w:pt:Patrimônio:
- A palavra patrimônio contém dois vocábulos: "pater" e "nomos". "Pater" significa, etimologicamente, o chefe de família e, em um sentido mais amplo, os nossos antepassados. Vincula-se, portanto, aos bens, ou heranças por eles deixados e que podem ser de ordem material ou imaterial. "Nomos" significa, em grego, lei, usos e costumes relacionados à origem, tanto de uma família quanto de uma cidade.
The second part looks doubtful.--Imz 22:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
- I've written the etymology for patrimony. The second half of patrinomium is definitely not from Greek, but rather from some Latin suffix -monium which I was not able to find much information on. Sorry. Atelaes 23:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks to everybody who helped!--Imz 22:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- I've written the etymology for patrimony. The second half of patrinomium is definitely not from Greek, but rather from some Latin suffix -monium which I was not able to find much information on. Sorry. Atelaes 23:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
More discussion is at WT:TR#Etymology of "patrimonium".--Imz 22:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- Great, but putting the link to that discussion inside the ===Etymology=== section is not really the common practice around here.. --Ivan Štambuk 08:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)