Re: Word used more than once

Nik Taylor wrote:
> Indeed, though proper names often preserved the nominative, e.g., Carlos
> < Carolus, not *Carlo < Carolum.  To the best of my knowledge, common
> nouns were always from accusative (although in the feminine nouns, the
> nominative and accusative merged early on)
At least in Spanish.  As Joe pointed out, French has a few words, like
_fils_, derived from the nominative.