 The Invae, Where the word come from? |
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 Jan 6 2007, 02:26 AM
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Hi guys!
Where the word Invae come from? I know that's how Harlequin call the Insect spirits, but it's Sperethiel or Latin or what? What's the translation? That's mean insect, litterally, or what? (my second guess is that a derivative of the word Invader, but i'm not sure) |
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Jan 6 2007, 02:29 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 |
I would say your interpretation is more or less on the money, until someone writing anything on the language clears it up.
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Jan 6 2007, 03:03 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
It actually originally came from Earthdawn, and is assumed to either be Sperethiel or a related language (Precursor Sperethiel, Theran, a loan-word into Throalic or Or'zat/Or'zet).
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Jan 6 2007, 06:29 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 1-December 06 Member No.: 10,116 |
Makes me wonder though.
Just as a little tidbit of info. Robotech (a totally unrelated series) also had sort of incect like (Really.. more slug like) invaders called the Invid. Invae and Invid makes me wonder if there's actually some real linguisitc connection beyond "Wow that sounds cool for smoethign totally alien!" |
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Jan 6 2007, 08:18 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,468 Joined: 5-December 06 From: Somewhere in the Flooding, CalFree Member No.: 10,215 |
Invae as translated from Latin (I took three years in high school and still have a semi-firm grasp and a dictionary) :
to undertake, go in, enter, get in, to attack, usurp, to assail, seize, fall upon So basically it is a precursor to modern word for invade. |
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Jan 6 2007, 03:36 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Also notice it builds off two words, insect and larvae, which I believe come from English.
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