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The Latest wordsmith posting was for TAXIS. The source is said to be from “From Greek taxis (arrangement, order), from tassein (to arrange)”. Many years ago I remember seeing a TV program about the succession of various aristocratic families in Europe. One was about the family “Thurn und Taxis”. The Wikipedia reference is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurn_und_Taxis. The program explained the postal service the Thurn und Taxis family started. Because of their courier system, the picking up of people – not just mail – became known as a TAXI. So the uses of the word TAXIS when not plural has an entirely different meaning that the singular TAXI.
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So the uses of the word TAXIS when not plural has an entirely different meaning that the singular TAXI.
There are two different words, with different etymologies, that you have combined. The Greek taxis 'arrangment, order' and the German family name, which in turn is from an Italian aristocratic family Tasso, which means 'badger'. The -s in the Greek word is not a plural ending. It is a nominative singular one. The -s in the family name is anybody's guess as it was not there in the Italian original. The etymology is mentioned in the Wikipedia article you've linked to also, but i have read it in other sources, and it is a reputable one.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Interesting posts. It shows from the wiki article that the change to the plural ending was already made in Italy: " Ruggiano de Tassis founded a postal service in Italy. And later in Innsbruck, on 11 December 1489, Jeannetto de Tassis was appointed Chief Master of Postal Services. The family held its exclusive position for centuries." Tasso became de Tassis (Ruggiano de Tassis founded a postal service in Italy.) Torquato Tasso Tasso was a famous member of the Tassi, maybe distant, as he origins from the heel of the boot. ( Gee what's happening? The link I made created a new wiki page automatically... uh) weird, weird..This is the link I meant: link Welcome AnthonyG.
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Final S is not a plural ending in Italian.
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Oop-S. I wasn't occupied with singualar or plural. I was busy about where the Tasso -o changed to Tassi(s) -i. But a good nitspick is never a waste. ;-)
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But, is there a computer expert one of you who could/would explain why the link in my upper post 'Tasso' created that false wikipage when I edited 'Tasso' to 'Link'. That's a very lame wiki page.
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a computer expert one of you who could/would explain why the link in my upper post 'Tasso' created that false wikipage when I edited 'Tasso' to 'Link'.
You created a Wiki page on the Dutch version of Wikipedia. It's the nature of Wiki that if you link to a wiki page that does not exist, and then click on that link that it creates the page in question. I'm sure they'll delete when they see what you've done.
The text you typed in as the text article name was: "Link was a famous member of the Tassi, maybe distant, as he origins from the heel of the boot."
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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 Maybe I'll keep it as first line of the book I'll never write.
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