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Thread #26219   Message #316103
Posted By: CowboyDan
11-Oct-00 - 03:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: some interesting Etamology
Subject: RE: BS: some interesting Etamology
My Latin teacher, who was reputed to be teaching her native tongue, told us that "barbarian" came from "barbarus", meaning "bearded". I think Miss Pergandi would have been surprised to find it came from the Greek. Dan