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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: words from French Nereida #184266 04/13/2009 4:48 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont welcome, Nereida! my computer dictionary (which I believe is M-W) says this: ORIGIN late Middle English : from French dent-de-lion, translation of medieval Latin dens leonis ‘lion's tooth' (because of the jagged shape of the leaves). formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted words from French Nereida 04/13/2009 4:43 PM Re: words from French Buffalo Shrdlu 04/13/2009 4:48 PM Re: words from French Nereida 04/14/2009 3:39 PM Re: words from French LukeJavan8 04/14/2009 4:47 PM Re: words from French Nereida 04/15/2009 2:47 PM Re: words from French LukeJavan8 04/15/2009 5:11 PM Re: words from French Nereida 04/15/2009 11:01 PM Re: words from French ParkinT 04/15/2009 5:51 PM Re: words from French PastorVon 04/16/2009 3:25 PM Re: words from French Faldage 04/16/2009 11:19 PM Re: words from French zmjezhd 04/17/2009 1:39 AM Re: words from French Nereida 04/17/2009 8:19 PM Re: words from French BranShea 04/17/2009 8:39 PM Re: words from French zmjezhd 04/17/2009 9:17 PM Re: words from French Nereida 04/17/2009 9:40 PM Re: words from French Zed 04/18/2009 4:29 AM Re: words from French BranShea 04/19/2009 3:47 PM Re: words from French zmjezhd 04/19/2009 7:41 PM Re: words from French BranShea 04/19/2009 10:23 PM Re: words from French Zed 04/19/2009 10:44 PM Re: words from French zmjezhd 04/19/2009 11:40 PM Re: words from French BranShea 04/20/2009 8:49 AM Re: words from French zmjezhd 04/20/2009 1:18 PM Re: words from French BranShea 04/20/2009 8:03 PM Re: words from French PastorVon 04/20/2009 2:41 AM Re: words from French zmjezhd 04/13/2009 5:20 PM Re: words from French LukeJavan8 04/13/2009 5:38 PM Re: words from French Buffalo Shrdlu 04/13/2009 6:18 PM Re: words from French BranShea 04/13/2009 7:15 PM Re: words from French BranShea 04/15/2009 6:48 PM Re: words from French twosleepy 04/15/2009 5:45 PM Re: words from French Buffalo Shrdlu 04/15/2009 8:51 PM Re: words from French zmjezhd 04/15/2009 11:58 PM Re: words from French BranShea 04/16/2009 3:05 AM Re: words from French BranShea 04/16/2009 3:14 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,293 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,144 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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