Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)


ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

What is etymology? You haven't the faintest idea.

So tell us what etymology is. Peter T. Daniels could
not tell what it is, you can tell us nuther. Fine group.
sci.lang.

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