Re: All hail Bob!
From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_ucantrade.com.NOTHERE>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:19:37 -0700
Message-ID: <hht662lj2b92urc4acu7sc4vi32usf8b65_at_4ax.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:19:37 -0700
Message-ID: <hht662lj2b92urc4acu7sc4vi32usf8b65_at_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
Completely? "virus" comes from Latin as the definition you
quoted shows:
>vi-rus (vie'ruhs) n. pl. <-rus-es>
[snipped definitions]
>> virus, hence the catch all.
> [1590-1600; < *L virus slime, poison;* akin to
^ See?
> OOZE 2]
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Received on Thu May 11 2006 - 23:19:37 CEST