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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:36:48 +0100 (CET)
From: G?rard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
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Subject: Re: etymology was: OOM fest
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl 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.

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