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Latest post Thu, Jul 13 2006 7:55 AM by Antonija. 4 replies.
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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.

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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.
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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

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Mancroft, 3 yr 134 days ago
Petroleum (from Greek petrarock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil )


Antonija, 3 yr 133 days ago

Hello everybody.

Yes, Croatian term 'nafta' is related with 'nafata'.

Thank you for your comments.

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