[ExI] words

[William Flynn Wallace]

Ah well, you caught me.  Just having a little fun. bill w

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:03 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:19 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Sometimes when I am reading my mind just speeds by a word because I know
> what it means and why stop?  That means that sometimes I miss the origin of
> the word itself, which is sometimes quite clear.
>
> Pandemic is what we have now, they say - from pandemonium = all demons
> everywhere.
>
>
> It’s better to verify this, especially since there’s a related word,
> ‘epidemic.’ Anyhow, the word doesn’t derive from ‘pandemonium’:
>
> https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemic
>
> So, it’s much more closely related to ‘democracy’ or ‘demography.’
>
> In fact, the ‘-demonium’ part of the second word derives via Latin from a
> different Greek word:
>
> https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemonium#etymonline_v_3062
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
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