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William A Hupy
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Plinth

Postby William A Hupy » Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:48 am

From Greek, plinthos, meaning squared stone. Cognate of flint…whatever that means. But they share the PIE root of splint, to split.

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Re: Plinth

Postby Slava » Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:38 pm

One big difference being that flint gives off sparks when struck, plinths rarely do.
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