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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Viktor Lazlo wrote:

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> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Guido van Rooij wrote:
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> > An example would be Equus vs. Cavallus. The first is the latin word for horse,
> > the second is the word used by soldiers for horses, a kind of slang.
> > In france, the word for horse is cheval, which comes from Cavallus and not
> > from equus.
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> > -Guido
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> Don't forget Dutch paard/German Pferd, both derived from a third Latin
> term "para veredus", from the days when common people had little
> experience with horses other than seeing those used by the king's
> messenger service.
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uhh... it appears far more likely that they just derive from a common root
than that this is in some way related to latin, esp as these common people
wouldn't have known it (amnd its largely the words that they used that are
in common circulation)

> Cheers,
>
> Viktor
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