[ExI] words

[Dan TheBookMan]

Folk etymologies are often fun. Sometimes they’re just annoying, as in how many people believe ‘history’ comes from ‘his story.’ I knew this was wrong because I’d been exposed to Herodotus’ famous book. Anyhow, in case you don’t know, ‘history’ has a much more convoluted history:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/history#etymonline_v_12040 

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Dan
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On Mar 12, 2020, at 7:14 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Ah well, you caught me.  Just having a little fun. bill w
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>> 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:
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>>> 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.
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>>> Pandemic is what we have now, they say - from pandemonium = all demons everywhere.
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>> It’s better to verify this, especially since there’s a related word, ‘epidemic.’ Anyhow, the word doesn’t derive from ‘pandemonium’:
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>> https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemic
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>> So, it’s much more closely related to ‘democracy’ or ‘demography.’
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>> In fact, the ‘-demonium’ part of the second word derives via Latin from a different Greek word:
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>> https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemonium#etymonline_v_3062
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>> Regards,
>> 
>> Dan
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