There's an Italian word "tirocinio" which means apprenticeship, training, so it has to do with somebody trying to learn something. Maybe Tyro is a short for "tyrocinium", which sounds like the Latin versions of the Italian word tirocinio. Since often Latin words also became scientific or learned English words, it is possible that tyro is a common American English brief for an uncommon American/English word. Maybe one day you'll forget that "pro" stands for "professional", info means information, bino was binoculars, and so on.
Just my guess. Cheers, Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:45 AM Subject: Re: Help get me out of digest, and thrill as I detail ontopic new > Afraid I don't know the word's origins, but I'm sure it's not an acronym, > and has no hidden meaning. If it's an abbreviation I don't know the full > word. > > Regards, > Anthony Farr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gfen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Tyro? > > > An enthusiastic amateur. > > > > Is that short for something, or am I missing a very obvious connection? > > > (snip) >
