From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
To: groudier@club-internet.fr, sclark46@gte.net
Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
dalecki@evision-ventures.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
nick@snowman.net
Subject: etymology was: OOM fest
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:14:28 +0100 (MET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <UTC200103241314.OAA08956.aeb@vlet.cwi.nl> (raw)
> Btw, 'decade' comes from Latin 'deca'=10 and dies=days
No. It is from the Greek dekas, dekados (group of ten).
> Could it be due to the word 'decadent'
Unrelated. (MLatin: to fall down.)
next reply other threads:[~2001-03-24 13:15 UTC|newest]
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2001-03-24 13:14 Andries.Brouwer [this message]
2001-03-24 13:36 ` Gérard Roudier
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