Re: Desinvolture et al.

[larbaud <larbaud@mandic.com.br>]

Wahe@aol.com wrote:

> 
> May I ask which latin word/root it comes from?

Of course, Sir!
My parsing:
French "desinvolture", from "disinvoltura", Italian (Ciao, Umberto!).
Also "desenvoltura" (Portuguese and Spanish).
Negative prefix "des" or dis (it.) + "involt" (Latin verb "involvo"= to
roll, to enwrap, to involve) (or prefix "in"=in + verb "volvo"= to
roll)  + suffix "ur" + feminine desinence "a" .
Ergo (so):
dis + in + volt + ur + a
or
dis + involt + ur + a

> 
> Also: who is Ryle (one sentence...).

Gilbert Ryle, English "ordinary language" philosopher: "The Concept of
Mind".

(One line...)

 
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