Antonija  +  244831 Wed, 12 Jul 06 07:24 AM Help me, please, to choose a better word: A term oil originates/is derived from/stems from/has its origins in Ancient Persian  word nafata, which means perspire/sweat. Antonija Joined on Sun, Mar 5 2006 Croatia Contributing Member 1,316

	Alan.es  +  244847 Wed, 12 Jul 06 07:47 AM It's a little joke amongst people who want to show how silly English can be if used too politely at times, thus: Ladies perspire; men sweat. Only well-dressed, superior class of people perspire; the rest of us sweat. Perspire and sweat mean exactly the same thing. However you are using it I think to describe a natural process so sweat is more natural. I think this is what you are trying to say in the sentence; The term oil originates/is derived from/stems from/has its origins in an Ancient Persian word nafata, which means perspire/sweat. I've only modified the articles, definite and indefinite. Any of your other sugestions are OK though the origin of the word oil doesn't seem to come from 'nafata'. They don't seem to bear any relationship to one another. Alan.es Joined on Sun, Apr 16 2006 Full Member 303 Articles, Jokes

	Kajjo  +  244884 Wed, 12 Jul 06 10:58 AM It appears to be highly unlikely that a word like "oil" is deived from "nafata". Maybe in your native language "oil" is more similar? Surely, terms like naphta, naphtalene originate from nafata. Kajjo Kajjo Joined on Sun, Dec 18 2005 Full Member 150