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... I want to know the etymology

Regards,

John Davies

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Re^3: poll ideas quest 2016
by LanX (Cardinal) on May 17, 2016 at 22:57 UTC
    > ... I want to know the etymology

    Etymology

    From Middle English etimologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία ‎(etumología), from ἔτυμον ‎(étumon,“true sense”) and -λογία ‎(-logía, “study of”) (from λόγος ‎(lógos, “word; explanation”)).

    ;)

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
    Je suis Charlie!

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Re^3: poll ideas quest 2016
by chacham (Prior) on May 18, 2016 at 12:33 UTC

    I can't believe i missed that. And i do check for that too. Added.

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