--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
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> > > On 8/28/05 6:53 PM, "off_world_beings" 
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> > wrote:
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> > > > DEVASTATE.
> > > > As in: "I Mohammed Ali, and I will devastate my opponent, 
until 
> > he
> > > > cries for consolement!"
> > > > 
> > > > "Devastate". Interesting word. Break it down. What is it? 
where 
> > does
> > > > it come from? roots?
> 
> Latin 'vastus' means 'empty, desolate', etc. The verb
> 'de-vastare' means something like 'make completely empty,
> desolate', and stuff.

Thanks !
That 'vastus' is like the empty brahmastahn of the vastu of the 
house. Latin is a Sanskritic langauge.


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