billet - small piece of wood
billet doux - love letters
Does this relate to the "postcards" found at a roman camp in Britain which were written in ink on little pieces of birch?

The links get more and more interesting, or maybe less and less related to real facts??? :-)

One of my favourite books for browsing is my Etymological dictionary. It's interesting following a word through its permutations and back to the starting point again.

Penetration - fenestration (windows penetrate a wall to let light in) - penis (no explanation needed)


Helen