"Destroy"...onomatopoeia?

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Do you think the word "Destroy" is an example of onomatopoeia?

Poll ended at Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:00 am

Yes--most definitely!
1
2%
No -- not a chance!
35
71%
Hmm...what's onomatopoeia??
4
8%
What's for lunch?
9
18%
 
Total votes: 49
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"Destroy"...onomatopoeia?

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My wife and I were debating this. So I decided to post a poll!
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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
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Jonathan Fowler wrote:Online etymological dictionary says it comes from 13th Cent. France
Prefix: de- for "un"
root: struere- for "structure"
That alone takes it out of the onomatapoeia category. Onomatapoeias derive from the sound they emulate, not from other words.

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