The word, which I interpret the Flying or Floating Island, is in the original Laputa, whereof I could never learn the true etymo
logy. Lap, in the old obsolete language, signifies high; and untuh, a governor; from which they say, by corruption, was derived Laputa from Lapuntah. Which word or words from the passage above illustrates original diction? I. “Floating Island” II. corruption III. “Lapuntah”
The roots of the word barbarian came from ancient Greece. The word barbarian was generally used at that time to describe any non-Greeks. Therefore the answer would be D. Greek.
