Proposed new syntax

[MRAB]

On 2017-08-12 09:54, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen at helsinki.fi>:
> 
>> Rustom Mody writes:
>>> [ My conjecture: The word ‘comprehension’ used this way in English is
>>> meaningless and is probably an infelicious translation of something
>>> which makes sense in German]
>>
>> From a Latin word for "taking together", through Middle French,
> 
> Metaphors' galore:
> 
>     English: understand < stand under something

Its etymology is here:

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=understand

>     French:  comprendre < take something in
>     German:  verstehen  < stand in front of something
>     Finnish: ymmärtää   < surround something
> 
> all mean the same thing.
>