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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Jackie #203671 12/05/11 04:08 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando OP old hand OP Rhubarb Commando old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Good thinking, Jackie. The etymology (according to my dictionary!) is from Latin for swaddling clothes, or cradle. There is also another use of incunabulum in English, meaning, "the earliest stage of development of a thing." I'm immortal until proven otherwise Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Rhubarb Commando 12/04/11 05:15 PM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! BranShea 12/04/11 06:23 PM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Rhubarb Commando 12/04/11 07:36 PM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Jackie 12/05/11 03:31 AM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Rhubarb Commando 12/05/11 04:08 PM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Avy 12/06/11 01:53 AM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Jackie 12/06/11 04:14 AM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Avy 12/06/11 07:05 AM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Candy 12/10/11 12:28 AM Re: INCUNABULUM REVEALED! Tromboniator 12/06/11 04:44 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 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 1 members (1 invisible), 723 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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