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found a refuge in the “ Hustings” of England. 
The latin word “ Bulga,” purse, ** bougette,” a 
little purse, in the old French, now plays a great 
part among politicians, under the title of Budget ; 
while “Buch,” a book, a thing once so rare, 
always so valuable when good, has undergone the 
humiliation of becoming in French “ un bouquin,” 
a fusty old volume. 
Sometimes words are formed from the diminu- 
tives of another language :* 
Oncle, uncle, comes from Avunculus, the diminutive of Avus, 
Nagel, nail, ongle, ,, Unguiculus, on Unguis ; 
Female, féméle, »  Feminella, a Femina. 
Oreille, ear, » Auricula, - Auris. 
The German “ Ohr” and the English “ ear ” 
keep closer to the latin. The word “oculus” is 
without doubt related to the German “ Auge, ” as 
the English “eye” is to the French “il.” The 
analogy between nasus, Nase, and nose ; pes, 
pedis, Fuss, and foot; labra, Lippe, lip; genu, 
Knie, and knee, and so forth, is too striking to 
require any remark. 
*See Ampére, Histoire de la Littérature francaise au 
moyen age. 
