Re: elementary Sanskrit blunder by Harvard professor

On Sep 17, 7:43 am, analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
'Second" now sounds so
quintessentially English that although I was aware of (nullus secundus
from Latin) I only thought of the "french-sounding "deuxieme" and
didn't know that 'second' is (essentially) a synonym in French.

"Secundus" meant "following". It also meant "favor" as in "I second
the motion" (I favor the motion).
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