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Calendar Etymology

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  • Started 1 year ago by alex.tw
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  1. alex.tw
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    Let's discuss one thing.
    Explaining etymology of word "calendar" we have got the logical chain:
    calendar->calendier->calendarium->calends->kalendae->calare.
    Look at the "Latin" word "kalendae".According to tradition of Latin Language the letter K was used only rarely, in a small number of loanwords.For example, in wikipedia we can find following:"Latin abandoned the use of K almost completely, preferring C. When Greek words were taken into Latin, the Kappa was converted to C, with a few exceptions such as the term kalendae (calends) and the praenomen Kaeso."
    (www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K). Do We have unique case of borrowing from Greek? Let's investigate further.There was a famous phrase in Latin "ad kalendas Graecas" Here
    (www.en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad_kalendas_Graecas)can be found:"The Kalends (also written Calends) were specific days of the Roman calendar (the first of the month), not of the Greek, and so the “Greek Kalends” would never occur." As you can see there were no any connection of "Kalends" with Greek.
    So, there are no native latin words beginning with letter K. Word "Kalendae" was borrowed from other language. This word also couldn't come from Greek Language. This way, non-latin word "kalendae" could not origin from Latin word "calare". So, what “kalendae” means?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Me Lika Do The Cha Cha
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    Mayan Kalendae? I dunno...
    What did Mayan's call this thing?
    Hmmm... room for only one picture?
    It runs out in 2012 (then what?)

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Corvus_moneduloides
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    According to the Mayan calenday, that was the end of the world.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. alex.tw
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    Maya used at least two calenders: Tzolk'in (ritual) and Haab (agrarian). This is a very interesting subject for investigations, because mayan calendar has very harmonious and logical organization. And the question is open: why 2012 is last. By the way it is more accurate than our modern calendar. Anyway as we can see there are no any connections of "haab" or "tzolk'in" with "kalendae". And if you will look at the map you'll see ancient Maya could not contact with ancient Romans because they lived on different continents.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. Greatest Potential
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    In Mayan calendar 2012 represents the end of a cycle. Their calendar is similar to a rotating hub that links to a series of other hubs in a chain of spiral movements "time" being just another aspect ratio in a complex matrix of functionalities. If you chewed on exotic leafs and drank cocoa all the time these things would click right into place and make more sense to you.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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