And thus it is in most of the Spanish words, which have a Latin origin, and they are the greatest part of that lan If we were thus to travel through these three languages, we should find not only fuch peculiar changes in the whole of what is derived of the Latin, in each; but also the like idiomatic alterations in the reft of these tongues, from whatsoever origin they are sprung. Again, the fame kind of differences are also manifest between the Greek, and the Latin derived from it, which will appear in the following fhort lift of words: AND, in a word, the fame kind of mutilation in the Greek and Latin words, derived from the ancient Pelafgian, now the Gomerian or Magogian, in its original seat, the isles of Elisha, or Greece; while it was forming of the mixture of that language with the Phenician and Egyptian, mentioned before. See the annexed specimen: FROM these examples, few as they are, a true judgment may be made of the changes and deviations of every language in Europe: and yet, notwithstanding these alterations, no one, who is verfed in a tolerable share of them, can poffibly mifs, or lofe fight of, their affinity to one another. It was, however, for want of a due knowledge of the Gomerian tongue, that lexicographers have not been capable of knowing the true etymology of numbers of Greek and Latin, as well as of words in the other lan-guages of Europe: of every one of which, it is the chief foundation. And I cannot but exprefs my furprize, in this place, that some authors have supposed the Gomroeg had borrowed of the Greek, when they met words in both languages agreeing in the fame expreffion and fignification but it is to be attributed to their not having known the original inhabitants of Greece, immediately after the flood, and the progrefs of the first Gomerians and Scythians that inhabited Italy, Spain, France, and, indeed, all the south-west parts of Europe, first, as Pelafgians, Gomerians and Magogians, and, afterwards, under the denomination of Celts, Galls, Getes, and many other appellations. : Now, although fome mention is made already of the causes of the changes of words, which are adopted in the different languages; yet, for the better elucidation of this matter, it will be neceffary to be a little more particular in enumerating the specific manner in which the changes are made; by which the reader will be able to discern more clearly the identity of the words, notwithstanding the apparent differences, and the many alterations that will occur in the lift of them, and to make the neceffary allowances for them. AND, |