Re: All hail Bob!

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_ucantrade.com.NOTHERE>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:19:37 -0700
Message-ID: <hht662lj2b92urc4acu7sc4vi32usf8b65@4ax.com>

On Thu, 11 May 2006 15:36:28 +0300, "x" <x_at_not-exists.org> wrote:

[snip]

>> People make the same mistake with *completely non-latin* words such as
>> virus, hence the catch all.

Completely? "virus" comes from Latin as the definition you quoted shows:

>vi-rus (vie'ruhs) n. pl. <-rus-es>

[snipped definitions]

> [1590-1600; < *L virus slime, poison;* akin to

                             ^
     See?



>             OOZE 2]

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Thu May 11 2006 - 16:19:37 CDT