Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:06:11 +0100 (BST) From: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com> To: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030417184317.F57044@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20030416194824.M36781-100000@a3ij25fvy80j.bc.hsia.telus.net> References: <20030416194824.M36781-100000@a3ij25fvy80j.bc.hsia.telus.net>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Viktor Lazlo wrote:
> Don't forget Dutch paard/German Pferd, both derived from a third Latin
> term "para veredus",
That is the origin of my surname.
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palfrey \Pal"frey\, n. [OE. palefrai, OF. palefrei, F. palefroi,
LL. palafredus, parafredus, from L. paraveredus a horse for
extraordinary occasions, an extra post horse; Gr. ? along,
beside + L. veredus a post horse.]
In fact it is a type of Celtic post horse used by the Romans in Gaul and
Britain. Not an agricultural or domestic horse, but a semi-military
one that was not a charger or a battlefield one.
> from the days when common people had little
> experience with horses other than seeing those used by the king's
> messenger service.
Yeah!!! 2000 years of network communication protocols!
Regards,
Bill.
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