"Destroy"...onomatopoeia?
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:00 am
My wife and I were debating this. So I decided to post a poll!
Online etymological dictionary says it comes from 13th Cent. France
Prefix: de- for "un"
root: struere- for "structure"
"onomatapoeia" dates from 1577
more likely french words that may be onomatapoeias
retreat
surrender
arrogance
sounds like a plot sequence for the new Jean Claude van Damm movie