Re: etymology was: OOM fest

2001-03-24 Thread GĂ©rard Roudier
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. (

etymology was: OOM fest

2001-03-24 Thread Andries . Brouwer
> 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.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EM