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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Sword in the Stone? TheFallibleFiend #194901 12/13/2010 2:05 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Makes sense to me. The PIE root means 'to cut' and the English seax became the thing doing the cutting and the Latin saxum the thing being cut (or, in this case, carved). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Sword in the Stone? TheFallibleFiend 12/13/2010 1:49 PM Re: The Sword in the Stone? Faldage 12/13/2010 2:05 PM Re: The Sword in the Stone? zmjezhd 12/13/2010 2:49 PM Re: The Sword in the Stone? Faldage 12/14/2010 3:50 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

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