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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread procrastinate #74446 06/28/2002 3:24 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From a site TEd sent me, the etymology of "procrastinate" which I did not know before. Crastin The day after, especially after a feast-day or holiday. Used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries via Old French,from Latin crastinum, tomorrow. Hence the rare verb crastinate, to put off till tomorrow, which never found favor in English. (Joseph Shipley's Dictionary of Early English 1955) My motto is never put off till tomorrow what you can put off till next week. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted procrastinate wwh 06/28/2002 3:24 PM Re: procrastinate of troy 06/28/2002 3:49 PM Re: procrastinate FishonaBike 06/28/2002 3:57 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,361 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,195 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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