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Why babies in every country on Earth say 'mama' - The Week

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Why babies in every country on Earth say 'mama' - The Week :  "But there is a word , and only one, spoken the same way in nearly every language known to humankind. That word, of course, is "mama." "Mama" is a universal word, describing the woman who gave us the most cherished love in our most vulnerable state. Almost every language boasts a recognizable form of it. While it's true that most languages vary when it comes to the formal word mother, the intimate mama stays the same in each language." ...ero. Related articles Why babies in every country on Earth say 'mama' - The Week Why all babies say "mama" Mama Earth

Quincunx | Define Quincunx at Dictionary.com

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Image via Wikipedia Quincunx | Define Quincunx at Dictionary.com : "[C17: from Latin : five twelfths, from quinque five uncia twelfth; in ancient Rome , this was a coin worth five twelfths of an as and marked with five spots]" .. .ero . Related articles Why Study Latin? (lewrockwell.com) Looking up Words in a Latin Dictionary: Nouns (brighthub.com) A Review of Words by Whitaker's Online Latin to English Dictionary (brighthub.com) Looking up Adjectives in a Latin Dictionary (brighthub.com) Latin's Ablative of Comparison with Comparative Adjectives (brighthub.com)