USQUE

Do you remember Svan "ushkv" - "mouth" and Albanian "ushkeva" - "feed"? The Albanians are at a stretched arm distance to the Latins, as you know. And in the Latin dictionary we have the word "usque" in the meaning of "to the full (eating)". Moreover, the French preposition "jusqu'a" is its derivative. Who would think... Chevaliers de le table ronde j'en boirai jusqu'a mon plaisir...

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