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Re: spelling questions ...
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 03:07:56 GMT
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cjc@newsguy{spamless}.com
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:43:59 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
wrote:
> Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> > > implies something do with iron, which is why I guessed it had something to
> >
> > Yeah, the funny thing is the one that looks the most like ferrum,
> > which means iron, is ferrier, but it's actually derived from a
> > completely different word. Although I could ask one of my profs and
> > I'm sure he'd be able to find a connection someplace between the Latin
> > words for "to bear" and the word for "iron".
>
> Farrier, though, comes from the middle english "ferrour". Iron is definitely
> involved.
Yeah, I think I mentioned the ME in another post. 'Course, it came
through French also, so seeing the spelling get fowled up isn't any
big surprise, is it? :)
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