2006-11-19 23:44:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
There is a German word "Rosette", which means a bow or a little ribbon.
2006-11-20 02:57:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rosetta isn't a German word. It's the name of a stone (the Rosetta Stone) that Napoleon found in Egypt (in the 18th century, I think) that enabled linguists to decode hieroglyphics for the first time, because it contained the same phrase in heiroglyphics, Latin, and ancient Greek.
It's usually on display at the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo.
2006-11-19 23:47:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
While the previous answer is correct about the meaning of Rosetta, he is incorrect in the details. The Rosetta Stone contained the same text in Hieroglyphic Egyptian, Demotic Egyptian, and Greek. It did not contain any Latin.
2006-11-20 02:13:40 · answer #3 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A Rosette is made out of a ribbon, but it is a round ornament that you would for examle put on a present, or what British politicians wear to advertise their party affiliation during election campaigns.
It is also the round window in Gothic cathedrals, mainly the one over the entrance, also can be used for any round, flowerlike ornamentation.
2006-11-20 03:53:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋