Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:55:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> Cc: =?iso-8859-15?Q?S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030416194824.M36781-100000@a3ij25fvy80j.bc.hsia.telus.net> In-Reply-To: <20030416115556.GA23101@gvr.gvr.org>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Guido van Rooij wrote: > An example would be Equus vs. Cavallus. The first is the latin word for horse, > the second is the word used by soldiers for horses, a kind of slang. > In france, the word for horse is cheval, which comes from Cavallus and not > from equus. > > -Guido Don't forget Dutch paard/German Pferd, both derived from a third Latin term "para veredus", from the days when common people had little experience with horses other than seeing those used by the king's messenger service. Cheers, Viktorhome | help
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