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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Blended word

is carnival a blended word?
  

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If you considered the Latin root of the word, it would be ... ) associated with fasting and abstinence. Observant Roman Catholics still abstain from meat on each Friday during Lent; on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday they abstain from food in general.

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  • If you considered the Latin root of the word, it would be ...
  • ) associated with fasting and abstinence.
  • Observant Roman Catholics still abstain from meat on each Friday during Lent; on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday they abstain from food in general.
  • (I know nothing about the various Protestant denominations and the Orthodox Church)
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If you considered the Latin root of the word, it would be ...

carnevale = carnem levare (= to take meat away) or carne, vale (=farewell, meat!)

because the day after the end of carnival (Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi gras), Lent begins (Ash Wednesday), and Lent is (was?) associated with fasting and abstinence.
Observant Roman Catholics still abstain f
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Anonymousis Is "carnival" a blended word?
A blended word is a word formed from parts of two or more other words.

smoke + fog = sm + og = smog


Even in Latin, carnival would be a compou
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CalifJimA blended word is a word formed from parts of two or more other words.
smoke + fog = sm + og = smog
Even in Latin, carnival would be a compound, not a blend
Ops... I thought dropping the "m" would be enough for it to be a blended word!

Sorry Anon, I didn't mean to mislead you.
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