Nation/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words nation and/or etymology:

    For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is whenever we call to him?
    Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 4:7.

    The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)