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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Etymologies Wanted for the Following Words

* Aceitunes

* Cantaloupe

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Also wanted--the technical term for a false etymology.

4 comments:

Ginger Heatter said...

Lat. Cucumis melo cantalupensis

Anthony Robinson said...

Aha! So it IS the singing wolf!

Anonymous said...

Aceituna is the Spanish word for Olive. It is related to the word aceite, meaning oil, coming from the Arabic az-zait.

Anonymous said...

oh, and az-zait means "juice of the olive"