Re: At Last! The voice of Reason!

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From: d... David Smallberg
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 21:25

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In article <93...@cbmvax.commodore.com> vale...@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>>In article <30...@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> d...@cs.ucla.edu (David Smallberg) writes:
>>> ... "first" and "second" are etymologically unrelated to "one" and "two".
>
>Actually, "second" also means "deuxieme" in French. Obviously the term "second"
>does have etymological roots derived from the number two, whether you call it
>"two" or "deux" or whatever.
>
>Valentin

Nope.  "first" comes from a Germanic word meaning "prince" or "foremost";
"second" from a Latin word meaning "following" (cf. "sequence").

-- David Smallberg, d...@cs.ucla.edu, ...!{uunet,ucbvax,rutgers}!cs.ucla.edu!das

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