Tuesday, December 01, 2009

 

Making a List and Checking It Twice

Here is a list of some English words derived from Latin pronouns:I intentionally but somewhat irrationally left out ipsedixitism, paternoster, quodlibet, and some others, although they do contain Latin pronouns. At first I thought hocus-pocus should be included, but the Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology says no.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:10 PM


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