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Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 15:07:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeff Stembel wrote:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > > "Archosaur" == "ancient lizard"? I guess I need to look that one up in the
> > > standard literature.
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> > :D
> > IIRC, Archosaur means "Ruling Lizard". Actually, I'm quite sure. (Monarch =
> > single ruler... :D )
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> Was that a jest? I can't tell. To correct or to let lie, that is the • question.
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> "Arch" is the prefix for "old". Like "archaic".
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> "Monarch" originally meant "old man". Eventually, its meaning was narrowed to • the person
> who was typically the most important old man: the ruler. The original version • of the word
> was "arch-mon", from the Jamaican dialect.
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> Steve
Cut and paste from on-line dictionary:
15th century. Directly or via French monarque from late Latin monarcha from
Greek monarkhos , literally "to rule alone," from mono- "alone" + arkhein "to
rule."
Bruce
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| (...) Was that a jest? I can't tell. To correct or to let lie, that is the question. "Arch" is the prefix for "old". Like "archaic". "Monarch" originally meant "old man". Eventually, its meaning was narrowed to the person who was typically the most (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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