Is pagan related to propaganda?
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A pagan is someone who holds religious beliefs other than the main world religions.
Propaganda is misleading information.
Pagans could be ostracized for holding different beliefs and being labelled as "misinformants".
Also, where did the "da" ending come from?
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Jossie CalderonJossie Calderon
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A pagan is someone who holds religious beliefs other than the main world religions.
Propaganda is misleading information.
Pagans could be ostracized for holding different beliefs and being labelled as "misinformants".
Also, where did the "da" ending come from?
nouns
asked 3 hours ago
Jossie CalderonJossie Calderon
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Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
They both originally stem from the same Indo-European root pehǵ-, but they go through words with radically different meanings in Latin (propago and pagus).
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
2
Rather ironic that propaganda should be thought of as related to pagan. See Etymonline, which is a hugely useful resource for this sort of question.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
@AndrewLeach One parse of 'propaganda' is as pro-pagan-da. It's right there in the middle.
– Mitch
11 mins ago
Propaganda is not necessarily misleading information. It's acquired a negative connotation, but that's not part of the literal definition.
– Acccumulation
2 mins ago
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A pagan is someone who holds religious beliefs other than the main world religions.
Propaganda is misleading information.
Pagans could be ostracized for holding different beliefs and being labelled as "misinformants".
Also, where did the "da" ending come from?
nouns
asked 3 hours ago
Jossie CalderonJossie Calderon
1144
A pagan is someone who holds religious beliefs other than the main world religions.
Propaganda is misleading information.
Pagans could be ostracized for holding different beliefs and being labelled as "misinformants".
Also, where did the "da" ending come from?
nouns
nouns
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Jossie CalderonJossie Calderon
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Jossie CalderonJossie Calderon
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Jossie CalderonJossie Calderon
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Jossie CalderonJossie Calderon
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Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
They both originally stem from the same Indo-European root pehǵ-, but they go through words with radically different meanings in Latin (propago and pagus).
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
2
Rather ironic that propaganda should be thought of as related to pagan. See Etymonline, which is a hugely useful resource for this sort of question.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
@AndrewLeach One parse of 'propaganda' is as pro-pagan-da. It's right there in the middle.
– Mitch
11 mins ago
Propaganda is not necessarily misleading information. It's acquired a negative connotation, but that's not part of the literal definition.
– Acccumulation
2 mins ago
add a comment |
Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
They both originally stem from the same Indo-European root pehǵ-, but they go through words with radically different meanings in Latin (propago and pagus).
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
2
Rather ironic that propaganda should be thought of as related to pagan. See Etymonline, which is a hugely useful resource for this sort of question.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
@AndrewLeach One parse of 'propaganda' is as pro-pagan-da. It's right there in the middle.
– Mitch
11 mins ago
Propaganda is not necessarily misleading information. It's acquired a negative connotation, but that's not part of the literal definition.
– Acccumulation
2 mins ago
Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
They both originally stem from the same Indo-European root pehǵ-, but they go through words with radically different meanings in Latin (propago and pagus).
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
They both originally stem from the same Indo-European root pehǵ-, but they go through words with radically different meanings in Latin (propago and pagus).
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
2
2
Rather ironic that propaganda should be thought of as related to pagan. See Etymonline, which is a hugely useful resource for this sort of question.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
Rather ironic that propaganda should be thought of as related to pagan. See Etymonline, which is a hugely useful resource for this sort of question.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
@AndrewLeach One parse of 'propaganda' is as pro-pagan-da. It's right there in the middle.
– Mitch
11 mins ago
@AndrewLeach One parse of 'propaganda' is as pro-pagan-da. It's right there in the middle.
– Mitch
11 mins ago
Propaganda is not necessarily misleading information. It's acquired a negative connotation, but that's not part of the literal definition.
– Acccumulation
2 mins ago
Propaganda is not necessarily misleading information. It's acquired a negative connotation, but that's not part of the literal definition.
– Acccumulation
2 mins ago
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No.
Pagan:
from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village,"
Online Etymological Dictionary
Middle English, from Late Latin pāgānus, from Latin, country-dweller, civilian, from pāgus, country, rural district; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.
American Heritage Dictionary
Propaganda:
"committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions.
Online Etymological Dictionary
from Latin prōpāgandā, ablative feminine gerundive of prōpāgāre, to propagate; see PROPAGATE.
American Heritage Dictionary
But also yes.
Ultimately both from Proto-Indo European pag-:
pagan, peasant, from Latin pāgus, "boundary staked out on the ground," district, village, country;
propagate, from Latin prōpāgāre, to propagate (< "to fix before"; prō‑, before, in front; see per1);
The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots
answered 2 hours ago
James RandomJames Random
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But both originally come from the same Indo-European root *pehǵ-
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
3
Please don't just link. You must put the actual source in plain text. If your answer text is copied (which can happen during aggregation/syndication) then the source is lost if the link disappears. There are lots of Meta posts about this.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
2
OK. Give a couple of minutes while I go and read every single Meta post to make sure I am doing this properly
– James Random
2 hours ago
1
@JamesRandom You can search later. What Andrew says is just a plain good idea for all bibliographic style linking on the internet.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
1
God, I had always thought propago "propagate" was directly from pagus "village", as in "spread a message throughout the countryside, going from village to village", but that is wrong. It is indeed as you say: the etymologies only come together in Proto-Indo-European (or possibly some other pre-Latin phase).
– Cerberus
1 hour ago
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No.
Pagan:
from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village,"
Online Etymological Dictionary
Middle English, from Late Latin pāgānus, from Latin, country-dweller, civilian, from pāgus, country, rural district; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.
American Heritage Dictionary
Propaganda:
"committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions.
Online Etymological Dictionary
from Latin prōpāgandā, ablative feminine gerundive of prōpāgāre, to propagate; see PROPAGATE.
American Heritage Dictionary
But also yes.
Ultimately both from Proto-Indo European pag-:
pagan, peasant, from Latin pāgus, "boundary staked out on the ground," district, village, country;
propagate, from Latin prōpāgāre, to propagate (< "to fix before"; prō‑, before, in front; see per1);
The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots
answered 2 hours ago
James RandomJames Random
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But both originally come from the same Indo-European root *pehǵ-
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
3
Please don't just link. You must put the actual source in plain text. If your answer text is copied (which can happen during aggregation/syndication) then the source is lost if the link disappears. There are lots of Meta posts about this.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
2
OK. Give a couple of minutes while I go and read every single Meta post to make sure I am doing this properly
– James Random
2 hours ago
1
@JamesRandom You can search later. What Andrew says is just a plain good idea for all bibliographic style linking on the internet.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
1
God, I had always thought propago "propagate" was directly from pagus "village", as in "spread a message throughout the countryside, going from village to village", but that is wrong. It is indeed as you say: the etymologies only come together in Proto-Indo-European (or possibly some other pre-Latin phase).
– Cerberus
1 hour ago
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No.
Pagan:
from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village,"
Online Etymological Dictionary
Middle English, from Late Latin pāgānus, from Latin, country-dweller, civilian, from pāgus, country, rural district; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.
American Heritage Dictionary
Propaganda:
"committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions.
Online Etymological Dictionary
from Latin prōpāgandā, ablative feminine gerundive of prōpāgāre, to propagate; see PROPAGATE.
American Heritage Dictionary
But also yes.
Ultimately both from Proto-Indo European pag-:
pagan, peasant, from Latin pāgus, "boundary staked out on the ground," district, village, country;
propagate, from Latin prōpāgāre, to propagate (< "to fix before"; prō‑, before, in front; see per1);
The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots
answered 2 hours ago
James RandomJames Random
1,439316
But both originally come from the same Indo-European root *pehǵ-
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
3
Please don't just link. You must put the actual source in plain text. If your answer text is copied (which can happen during aggregation/syndication) then the source is lost if the link disappears. There are lots of Meta posts about this.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
2
OK. Give a couple of minutes while I go and read every single Meta post to make sure I am doing this properly
– James Random
2 hours ago
1
@JamesRandom You can search later. What Andrew says is just a plain good idea for all bibliographic style linking on the internet.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
1
God, I had always thought propago "propagate" was directly from pagus "village", as in "spread a message throughout the countryside, going from village to village", but that is wrong. It is indeed as you say: the etymologies only come together in Proto-Indo-European (or possibly some other pre-Latin phase).
– Cerberus
1 hour ago
add a comment |
No.
Pagan:
from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village,"
Online Etymological Dictionary
Middle English, from Late Latin pāgānus, from Latin, country-dweller, civilian, from pāgus, country, rural district; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.
American Heritage Dictionary
Propaganda:
"committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions.
Online Etymological Dictionary
from Latin prōpāgandā, ablative feminine gerundive of prōpāgāre, to propagate; see PROPAGATE.
American Heritage Dictionary
But also yes.
Ultimately both from Proto-Indo European pag-:
pagan, peasant, from Latin pāgus, "boundary staked out on the ground," district, village, country;
propagate, from Latin prōpāgāre, to propagate (< "to fix before"; prō‑, before, in front; see per1);
The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots
answered 2 hours ago
James RandomJames Random
1,439316
No.
Pagan:
from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village,"
Online Etymological Dictionary
Middle English, from Late Latin pāgānus, from Latin, country-dweller, civilian, from pāgus, country, rural district; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.
American Heritage Dictionary
Propaganda:
"committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions.
Online Etymological Dictionary
from Latin prōpāgandā, ablative feminine gerundive of prōpāgāre, to propagate; see PROPAGATE.
American Heritage Dictionary
But also yes.
Ultimately both from Proto-Indo European pag-:
pagan, peasant, from Latin pāgus, "boundary staked out on the ground," district, village, country;
propagate, from Latin prōpāgāre, to propagate (< "to fix before"; prō‑, before, in front; see per1);
The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots
answered 2 hours ago
James RandomJames Random
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James RandomJames Random
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answered 2 hours ago
James RandomJames Random
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answered 2 hours ago
James RandomJames Random
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But both originally come from the same Indo-European root *pehǵ-
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
3
Please don't just link. You must put the actual source in plain text. If your answer text is copied (which can happen during aggregation/syndication) then the source is lost if the link disappears. There are lots of Meta posts about this.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
2
OK. Give a couple of minutes while I go and read every single Meta post to make sure I am doing this properly
– James Random
2 hours ago
1
@JamesRandom You can search later. What Andrew says is just a plain good idea for all bibliographic style linking on the internet.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
1
God, I had always thought propago "propagate" was directly from pagus "village", as in "spread a message throughout the countryside, going from village to village", but that is wrong. It is indeed as you say: the etymologies only come together in Proto-Indo-European (or possibly some other pre-Latin phase).
– Cerberus
1 hour ago
add a comment |
But both originally come from the same Indo-European root *pehǵ-
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
3
Please don't just link. You must put the actual source in plain text. If your answer text is copied (which can happen during aggregation/syndication) then the source is lost if the link disappears. There are lots of Meta posts about this.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
2
OK. Give a couple of minutes while I go and read every single Meta post to make sure I am doing this properly
– James Random
2 hours ago
1
@JamesRandom You can search later. What Andrew says is just a plain good idea for all bibliographic style linking on the internet.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
1
God, I had always thought propago "propagate" was directly from pagus "village", as in "spread a message throughout the countryside, going from village to village", but that is wrong. It is indeed as you say: the etymologies only come together in Proto-Indo-European (or possibly some other pre-Latin phase).
– Cerberus
1 hour ago
But both originally come from the same Indo-European root *pehǵ-
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
But both originally come from the same Indo-European root *pehǵ-
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
3
3
Please don't just link. You must put the actual source in plain text. If your answer text is copied (which can happen during aggregation/syndication) then the source is lost if the link disappears. There are lots of Meta posts about this.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
Please don't just link. You must put the actual source in plain text. If your answer text is copied (which can happen during aggregation/syndication) then the source is lost if the link disappears. There are lots of Meta posts about this.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
2
2
OK. Give a couple of minutes while I go and read every single Meta post to make sure I am doing this properly
– James Random
2 hours ago
OK. Give a couple of minutes while I go and read every single Meta post to make sure I am doing this properly
– James Random
2 hours ago
1
1
@JamesRandom You can search later. What Andrew says is just a plain good idea for all bibliographic style linking on the internet.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
@JamesRandom You can search later. What Andrew says is just a plain good idea for all bibliographic style linking on the internet.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
1
1
God, I had always thought propago "propagate" was directly from pagus "village", as in "spread a message throughout the countryside, going from village to village", but that is wrong. It is indeed as you say: the etymologies only come together in Proto-Indo-European (or possibly some other pre-Latin phase).
– Cerberus
1 hour ago
God, I had always thought propago "propagate" was directly from pagus "village", as in "spread a message throughout the countryside, going from village to village", but that is wrong. It is indeed as you say: the etymologies only come together in Proto-Indo-European (or possibly some other pre-Latin phase).
– Cerberus
1 hour ago
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– Hot Licks
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They both originally stem from the same Indo-European root pehǵ-, but they go through words with radically different meanings in Latin (propago and pagus).
– Peter Shor
2 hours ago
2
Rather ironic that propaganda should be thought of as related to pagan. See Etymonline, which is a hugely useful resource for this sort of question.
– Andrew Leach♦
2 hours ago
@AndrewLeach One parse of 'propaganda' is as pro-pagan-da. It's right there in the middle.
– Mitch
11 mins ago
Propaganda is not necessarily misleading information. It's acquired a negative connotation, but that's not part of the literal definition.
– Acccumulation
2 mins ago