Recently we have extensively discussed concepts such as 'core' meaning
and etymological evidences of that core meaning. We have gone through
the various uses of olam and discussed it range of meanings and
evidence has been brought in from its etymology. This made me thikn of
a parallel example in English.
Infinite
'Infinite' comes from 'finite' which means a clearly defined amount. 'Infinite'
is the semantic opposite of 'finite' and etymologically should mean 'an
undefined amount'. But is that its 'core' meaning???
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Could it be that 'olam' has the same behaviour. That its etymology is an undefined
and hidden amount of time but that its core usage (in the future) is synonym of
'forever'?
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