> Btw, 'decade' comes from Latin 'deca'=10 and dies=days
No. It is from the Greek dekas, dekados (group of ten).
> Could it be due to the word 'decadent'
Unrelated. (MLatin: to fall down.)
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 [email protected] wrote:
> > Btw, 'decade' comes from Latin 'deca'=10 and dies=days
>
> No. It is from the Greek dekas, dekados (group of ten).
All my french dictionnaries agree with you. Thanks for the fix. :-)
> > Could it be due to the word 'decadent'
>
> Unrelated. (MLatin: to fall down.)
This one was intended to be the joke, but given the previous
show-stopper... :-(
Regards,
G?rard.