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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Plaxico Burress #197337 02/13/2011 8:53 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Wiki says he was named after his uncle, but there are other notions percolating about the net. Anyone have a credible etymology for the name "Plaxico?" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Plaxico Burress TheFallibleFiend #197339 02/13/2011 11:53 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It is a last name. Google plaxico -burress you'll find a bunch of people with that last name. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Plaxico Burress Faldage #197341 02/14/2011 12:00 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Interesting indeed. Origin? Could it be Aztex influenced Spanish, like so many of their words? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Plaxico Burress LukeJavan8 #197344 02/14/2011 12:11 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Answers.com says it's Latin for 'peaceful' but I dunno. Maybe something related to 'please'. I've got sources. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Plaxico Burress Faldage #197345 02/14/2011 12:32 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Pax is peace. My Latin dicts. say peaceful is quietus, placatus, pacificus. But it could be a derivation I suppose. I was thinking of the "X" like in Oaxaca, the Aztec derivation of some place names in Mexico. Or Toltec if not Aztec. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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