Re: Pagan - etymology?

Barry Garcia wrote:

> So, all you Latin buffs and etymology buffs who can help, can you provide
> me with info on this simple little word that either backs up my claim, or
> proves me, and the dictionary wrong?
You are right and the other person is wrong, but no amount of authority
is going to help you any.  Some people just have tendentious attachments
to false etymologies, like the notion that "surname" = "sir-name"
(which I encountered on another mailing list; of course it's really
"super-name" meaning "additional name").  The only thing to do is to
call it correctly once (which you have done), drop the discussion on the
other mailing list, and move on.

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