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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Troop: person or group? #128195 05/05/04 08:23 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Yes, Middle French tro(u)pe comes from a presumed (reconstructed) Latin *troppus, but the English word troop comes from the French. The Latin word was a Germanic borrowing. Hence the Dorf/thorp cognates. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Troops adeybug 05/04/04 11:46 AM Re: Troops shanks 05/04/04 02:00 PM Re: Troops Capfka 05/04/04 08:41 PM Re: Troop: person or group? AnnaStrophic 05/04/04 08:59 PM Re: Troop: person or group? jheem 05/05/04 04:26 PM Re: Troop: person or group? RhubarbCommando 05/05/04 06:52 PM Re: Troop: person or group? jheem 05/05/04 08:23 PM Re: Troop: person or group? Capfka 05/05/04 08:55 PM Re: Troop: person or group? wsieber 05/06/04 10:58 AM Troop group musick 05/04/04 09:58 PM Re: Troops Faldage 05/05/04 10:13 AM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 674 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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