Goropism meaning

    A theory that some modern or attested language, such as Dutch, Turkish, or Hebrew, was the original language of mankind.
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    An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a theory.
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    Origin of goropism

    • Johannes Goropius Becanus proposed such a theory, in which Brabantic, a Dutch dialect, was the language spoken in Paradise.
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