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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread senile #115387 11/06/2003 5:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 etymology of senile: The final part of old age is senility, senium, so called because it marks the end of the sixth age, sexta etas. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: senile #115388 11/07/2003 5:10 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta hmmm. Lewis and Short (the Latin dictionary on Perseus) derives senile from the noun senex, and senium from a verb, seneo, which in turn also derives from senex. Senex itself, they tell us, is cognate with the Sanskrit sanas, and the Greek henos, both meaning old. http://makeashorterlink.com/?P24162876 Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: senile #115389 11/07/2003 1:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Bingley: I picked a bummer. Thanks for correction. 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message 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 28 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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