Re: etymology was: OOM fest

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Roudier?=]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 [e-mail] wrote:

> > Btw, 'decade' comes from Latin 'deca'=10 and dies=days
> 
> No. It is from the Greek dekas, dekados (group of ten).

All my french dictionnaries agree with you. Thanks for the fix. :-)

> > Could it be due to the word 'decadent'
> 
> Unrelated. (MLatin: to fall down.)

This one was intended to be the joke, but given the previous
show-stopper... :-(

Regards,
  Gérard.