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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: words about words Zed #167976 05/01/2007 8:44 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand I'd understand License being plural if the singular was licen. According to the OED it stems from latin Licentia freedom, liberty.....world peace, hahaha. It is also one of the funnily spelt words Licence, or License for the verb. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted words about words JodyCT 04/30/2007 10:48 AM Re: words about words themilum 05/01/2007 1:09 PM Re: words about words Curuinor 05/01/2007 1:58 PM Re: words about words Buffalo Shrdlu 05/01/2007 2:11 PM Re: words about words Zed 05/01/2007 8:17 PM Re: words about words olly 05/01/2007 8:44 PM Re: words about words of troy 05/02/2007 3:06 AM Re: words about words Nanu Nanu 06/08/2007 2:21 AM 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

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