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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: first floor #3571 06/21/2000 7:41 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland The change probably happened when the elevator-makers expanded their business from Great Britain to the European Continent. German "Stock" and French "Etage" intrinsically mean a plane above the ground, so "1.Stock" never meant anything else than the first "elevated" floor. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted first floor Bingley 06/19/2000 11:30 AM Re: first floor jmh 06/19/2000 7:56 PM Re: first floor tsuwm 06/19/2000 8:35 PM Re: first floor lusy 06/19/2000 11:39 PM Re: first floor Bingley 06/20/2000 4:38 AM Re: first floor jmh 06/20/2000 5:56 AM Re: first floor wsieber 06/21/2000 7:41 AM Re: first floor jmh 06/21/2000 2:15 PM Re: first floor lusy 06/19/2000 11:43 PM 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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