When I use a word . . . The languages of medicines—generics and bioavailability

GnosisOne of the most prolific, possibly the most prolific, of all IndoEuropean word roots is the one that is perhaps best represented simply as GN.In his monumental two-volume dictionary, Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch,1 in which he listed German words that are derived from Proto-IndoEuropean roots, the Austro-Czech linguist Julius Pokorny (1887–1970) listed four different basic forms of the GN root, with connotations of either knowing or begetting: ĝen-, ĝenɘ, ĝnē-, and ĝnō-. Many English words are also derived from this root. The basic connection between its two principal meanings can be seen in the mindful connection between knowing and conceiving. This is also reflected in the biblical formula, Adam knew his wife, Eve, and she conceived, a fitting quote from Chapter 4 of the book of … Genesis, of course.Some linguists split their discussion of the GN root into two groups: GEN and GENƎ, to beget, and GNŌ, to know, and…
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