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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread a food fact #148332 09/26/2005 2:17 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Not a food thread--just a word related food find. Frome the american heritage dictionary. tamarind NOUN:1. A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) having pinnately compound leaves, pale yellow flowers, and long pods containing small seeds embedded in an edible pulp. 2. The fruit of this tree. ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French tamarinde, from Arabic tamr hind : tamr, dates; see tmr in Appendix II + hind, of India. http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/S363.html below is most of the info from site above. tmr. DEFINITION:Common Semitic noun *tam(a)r-, palm-tree, dates. 1. Tamar, from Hebrew tmr, palm-tree. 2. tamarind, from Arabic tamr hind, dates of India, from tamr, dates. of course, it makes you wonder how we got the word dates from tamar... my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a food fact #148333 09/26/2005 2:33 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh of course, it makes you wonder how we got the word dates from tamar... We didn't. Date if from L dactylus fr. Gk daktulos 'finger'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a food fact #148334 09/26/2005 2:36 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Wasn't Tamar dating Onan? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tamarind (Imlee) #148335 09/26/2005 6:47 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui [homer mode]MMMmmm, imlee![/homer mode] Imlee chutney is to die for. I have Indo-Fijian friends who smuggle the fruit in to make it, since they won't grow here. As a NZer, I'm outraged at the threat to our biosecurity. However, since my friend's home-made version is sublime, as an Anglo-Indian fan of subcontinental cuisine, I say, "bring it on!" noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tamarind (Imlee) #148336 09/26/2005 8:38 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Another IMLEE post. Have you no manners? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tamarind (Imlee) #148337 09/26/2005 10:02 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui In reply to: Have you no manners? Plenty, and they're all bad. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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