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The names for Europe, Africa, and Asia are inherited from the Latin spoken in ancient times; the others are recent borrowings, but with the words for America and Antarctica sculpted after the one for Africa, and the one for Oceania sculpted on the cognate root ''ogein''. | The names for Europe, Africa, and Asia are inherited from the Latin spoken in ancient times; the others are recent borrowings, but with the words for America and Antarctica sculpted after the one for Africa, and the one for Oceania sculpted on the cognate root ''ogein''. | ||
* Africa: '' | * Africa: ''Òfriga'' – African: ''òfir'' (f. ''òfira'', arch. ''ofra'') | ||
* Europe: ''Eroba'' – European: ''erobens'' | * Europe: ''Eroba'' – European: ''erobens'' | ||
* Asia: ''Osea'' – Asian: ''osion'' or ''osiòtig'' | * Asia: ''Osea'' – Asian: ''osion'' or ''osiòtig'' | ||