* etymology was: OOM fest
@ 2001-03-24 13:14 Andries.Brouwer
2001-03-24 13:36 ` Gérard Roudier
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From: Andries.Brouwer @ 2001-03-24 13:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: groudier, sclark46; +Cc: Andries.Brouwer, alan, dalecki, linux-kernel, nick
> 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.)
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* Re: etymology was: OOM fest
2001-03-24 13:14 etymology was: OOM fest Andries.Brouwer
@ 2001-03-24 13:36 ` Gérard Roudier
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From: Gérard Roudier @ 2001-03-24 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andries.Brouwer; +Cc: sclark46, alan, dalecki, linux-kernel, nick
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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