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  Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia seguine
From: "Marek Argent" <abri1973 at wp.pl> on 2016.07.08 at 22:19:49
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Nobody said it means "to begin". I said that the pronounciation of "seguine" may be similar to English "begin".
 
Marek
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In which language does seguin or seguine mean =E2=80=9Cto begin=E2=80=9D?

 

John.

 

From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Jason Hernandez
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Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia seguine

 

But then the question is, why would it be called by a word that means "to begin"?

As I think I may have suggested last time we had this conversation, I wonder if the Arawak name for this plant was something that sounded similar, and early colonists adopted the name without changing it? We have other examples of plant names where this has occurred, such as sarsaparilla and sassafras in North America.

 

So, in conclusion, it appears no one can answer my original question.

 

Jason Hernandez

Naturalist-at-Large

 

 

From: "John Criswick" <criswick@spiceisle.com>
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia seguine
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Thanks Marek. Allowing for changes in pronunciation over time and place, ?siggin? is still remarkably similar to ?seggin?. (I write these as an Anglophone would pronounce them.)

John.


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