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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cicerone #178483 08/03/2008 1:40 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 DrT stranger DrT stranger Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 Perhaps I missed it, but I can't find a logical source of cicerone in either my Latin or English etymologies. Surely not a connection to the orator, but to what or whom? Would like to know. Rosemary Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: cicerone DrT #178484 08/03/2008 2:05 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Surely not a connection to the [Cicero] orator.. why not, Shirley? -joe (surly, you guessed) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: cicerone DrT #178487 08/03/2008 3:26 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh According to the dictionaries I consulted, it occurs in English before it does in Italian, early- to mid-18th century (cf. Shenstone, ca.1768 link). It's in Bailey's and Johnson's dictionaries. I've never been able to figure why a guide would be called a chick-pea either. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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