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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #89029 - 12/07/02 11:38 AM Re: caritative wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 caritative - disposed to be charitable Top #89030 - 12/07/02 11:40 AM Re:caroche wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. caroche SYLLABICATION: ca·roche PRONUNCIATION: k-rch, -rsh NOUN: A stately carriage of the late 16th and 17th centuries. ETYMOLOGY: Obsolete French carroche, from Old Italian carrozza, ultimately from carro, cart, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon. See kers- in Appendix I. Top #89031 - 12/07/02 11:46 AM Re: carrefour wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 carrefour 5altered (infl. by Fr) < LME quarefour < MFr quarrefour < VL *quadrifurcum, orig. neut. of *quadrifurcus, lit., four-forked, hence, where four roads meet < L quadri3 (see QUADRI3) + furca, FORK6 1 a crossroads or intersection 2 a public square or plaza Top #89032 - 12/11/02 02:04 AM Re: carambola Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta I've always called them starfruit in English. I'd never heard of carambola. The Indonesian name is belimbing. They have a rather sharp, sour taste. About the only time I eat them is in rujak (fruit salad in peanut sauce). Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #89033 - 12/11/02 05:52 AM Re: carambola Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12531 Isn't carambola the diminuitve of ¡Caramba!? Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12812 Topics 189739 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (BranShea), 8 Guests and 23 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12531 Jackie 10392 tsuwm 9577 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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