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Re: what's the root of 'repent'?

Subject: Re: what's the root of 'repent'?
From: "Franz Gnaedinger"
Date: 12 Dec 2006 07:03:37 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.lang
dabbog@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> i think its would be interesting for knowing what repent can mean.tia.

The earliest form known so far is Magdalenian REP,
from the permutation group of PER, present in

  CER REP --- sun snake protecting the descending
  sun horse in the afternoon; ancient Greek repo for
  I bow, incline (consider also Latin reptilis for repitile)

As a time of the day, CER REP means the later afternoon,
specifically 4 o'clock on June 21. Have a look at my drawing:
www.seshat.ch/home/torque.JPG  The complete permutation
group is found in my etymological thread, google for  per rep
in sci.lang. The recent meaning of repent has come a long
way from the hypothetical Magdalenian word in the above
context, although it remained faithful to the meaning of
bowing, inclining, and creeping, the latter metaphorically.

Regards   Franz Gnaedinger


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