Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:36:48 +0100 (CET) | From | Gérard Roudier <> | Subject | Re: etymology was: OOM fest |
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> > Btw, 'decade' comes from Latin 'deca'=10 and dies=days > > No. It is from the Greek dekas, dekados (group of ten).
All my french dictionnaries agree with you. Thanks for the fix. :-)
> > Could it be due to the word 'decadent' > > Unrelated. (MLatin: to fall down.)
This one was intended to be the joke, but given the previous show-stopper... :-(
Regards, Gérard.
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