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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Latin help requested #163068 10/31/2006 9:57 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2 sonofknute stranger sonofknute stranger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2 I'm trying to find out if the folowing words are Latin or not, and also what they mean: Gener Ando Vista Previa Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin help requested #163069 11/01/2006 6:36 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 Gener is a surname, but genera is the plural of the Latin genus; did you mean that perhaps? Ando is a Japanese surname. Vista is from Italian. Previa (as in placenta previa) means coming before, and is from the Latin praevius, prae being pre and meaning before, while vius comes from via, the Latin word for way or road. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Olé #163070 11/01/2006 9:14 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean In Spanish, "generando vista previa" means generating previous view. Sounds like the computer might be speaking Spanish. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Yep #163071 11/01/2006 12:52 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I agree with Connie. The gener and ando look like they belong together to form a present participle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin help requested #163072 11/02/2006 1:08 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky No, Ted, Previa comes from Toyota. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin help requested #163073 11/02/2006 5:11 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Vista is also from Toyota though it's outdated since 2003 (also I think from Middle Oldsmobile (Vista Cruiser til '77) and Old Pontiac (50's?)) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin help requested #163074 11/02/2006 5:18 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I think the Dodge Colt had a van version called the Vista, too. yup, it did. Last edited by etaoin; 11/02/2006 5:19 PM. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin help requested #163075 11/02/2006 5:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Quote: Vista is also from Toyota though it's outdated since 2003 (also I think from Middle Oldsmobile (Vista Cruiser til '77) and Old Pontiac (50's?)) Ah, yes. Old Pontiac. It's what put the Indo- in Indo-European. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin help requested #163076 11/04/2006 9:41 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2 sonofknute stranger sonofknute stranger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks for the Spanish help. Sounds like you hit it on the head. 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 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 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 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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