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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Defen(c,s)e #123842 02/26/2004 5:34 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California sniping from the sidelines Silly me, I thought we were discussing words, not personality traits. Anyway, the English verb defend comes from the Latin verb defendo, -ere, defendi, defensum 'to repell, guard, defend'. There's also a verb defenso 'to defend, protect' that is obviously derived from the past particple of defendo. Our noun, defence (alternate spelling defense) also comes from that past particple. I don't see that it's useful arguing about English spelling, but to each his own. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Defen(c,s)e Faldage 02/25/2004 3:48 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/25/2004 3:58 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e wwh 02/25/2004 4:10 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e shanks 02/25/2004 4:50 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/2004 7:20 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e Faldage 02/26/2004 11:16 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/2004 12:07 PM Re: USn spelling AnnaStrophic 02/26/2004 1:08 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e jheem 02/26/2004 1:51 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/2004 12:08 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/2004 2:06 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/2004 5:00 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/2004 5:11 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e jheem 02/26/2004 5:34 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/2004 5:49 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/2004 5:52 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Jackie 02/27/2004 1:44 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e Father Steve 02/27/2004 5:01 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e Buffalo Shrdlu 02/27/2004 5:35 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/27/2004 12:11 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e hibernicus 02/27/2004 3:50 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/27/2004 7:35 PM (parenthetically) AnnaStrophic 02/26/2004 6:40 PM Re: (parenthetically) Capfka 02/27/2004 2:57 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e jheem 02/26/2004 1:54 PM In my defen(c,s)e shanks 02/26/2004 5:55 PM the Yiddish substrate in Cockney jheem 02/26/2004 6:14 PM Re: the Yiddish substrate in Cockney Faldage 02/26/2004 6:28 PM Re: the Yiddish substrate in Cockney tsuwm 02/26/2004 6:32 PM Re: the Yiddish substrate in Cockney Faldage 02/26/2004 6:34 PM Is it now... shanks 02/26/2004 7:31 PM mickey bliss jheem 02/26/2004 7:38 PM Re: Is it now... Faldage 02/26/2004 7:54 PM Re: Is it now... jheem 02/26/2004 7:59 PM Re: Is it now... Capfka 02/26/2004 9:21 PM Re: Is it now... hibernicus 02/27/2004 4:00 PM Re: Is it now... AnnaStrophic 02/27/2004 4:07 PM Re: Is it now... Faldage 02/27/2004 4:19 PM Re: Is it now... hibernicus 02/27/2004 4:59 PM Re: Is it now... Capfka 02/27/2004 6:17 PM Re: Is it now... jheem 02/27/2004 6:23 PM Yes shanks 02/27/2004 7:14 PM I see ... jheem 02/27/2004 7:57 PM Re: I see ... Capfka 02/27/2004 8:23 PM Re: I see ... jheem 02/27/2004 8:37 PM Re: I see ... Capfka 02/27/2004 8:54 PM Re: I see ... grapho 02/27/2004 9:40 PM Re: I see ... jheem 02/27/2004 10:07 PM Re: I see ... TEd Remington 02/28/2004 7:43 AM Re: I see ... Capfka 02/28/2004 9:31 AM Re: I see ... grapho 02/28/2004 12:43 PM Re: I see said the blind man... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/28/2004 12:49 PM Re: I don't see ... AnnaStrophic 02/28/2004 2:28 PM Re: I don't see ... grapho 02/28/2004 2:39 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,382 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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