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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Etymologic #105835 06/17/03 12:18 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina What is a "heiroglyph"? In reply to: "Next question: What does the word heiroglyph mean? 'Heiro' is the Greek word for 'holy' and 'glyph' is the Greek word for 'stone' It's is the ancient Japanese word for 'fighting warrior' Latin word 'heiro' meaning 'to live' and 'glyph meaning 'long life' If they mean hieroglyph, it seems a little unfair of them to leave a typo there to confuse the issue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Etymologic JohnHawaii 06/16/03 11:43 PM Re: Etymologic sjm 06/17/03 12:18 AM Re: Etymologic alexis 06/17/03 12:28 AM Re: Etymologic wwh 06/17/03 01:49 AM Re: Etymologic wow 06/20/03 03:17 PM Re: Etymologic Faldage 06/20/03 03:34 PM Re: Etymologic wwh 06/20/03 03:35 PM Re: Etymologic Faldage 06/20/03 03:36 PM Re: Etymologic wwh 06/20/03 03:43 PM Re: Etymologic Faldage 06/20/03 03:54 PM 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,975 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 609 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,944 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,952 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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