September 12, 2009

A Friend Is A Lover



True love is friendship caught on fire.
~ French Proverb

A friend is a lover. Yes!

The Latin origin of the word friend is “amīcus” and “amīcus” came from “amō.” In Latin it stands for "I love.” Even “philos,” the Greek meaning of the word friend, is extracted from the word “phileō.” And again it stands for "I love."

If you knock the door of Middle English, you have to travel a thousand years back to see the verb related to "friend." The old English word “frēond” was the source for today’s "friend." Interestingly, it was simply the present participle of the verb frēon, "to love."

2 comments:

saddiya said...

Hi Roy
That was a lovely one.

Hey sorry for delayed comments, been very busy with Ramadan and all.

Wassup with you, write somethin about yourself.

Update and do keep in touch.

sadiya said...

Where do you keep disappearing ya roy????

Long time no post???