Re: Austin, Utopia, Uglossia, and Bats.
| From: | andrew <hobbit@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 25, 1999, 3:41 |
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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, FFlores wrote:
> Is that the Latin word? Something to do with _vesper_, surely?
I was close, the Latin word is vespertilionem. It probably is related to
vesper.
> In any case, do any of you know where did the Spanish word come
> from, _murci=E9lago_? I can only guess that mur- ('mouse'?) has
> something to do, but other than I'm clueless.
Apparently it comes from murem caeculum, 'blind mouse', mentioned in a
similar thread on Celticonlang.
- andrew.
--
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