Re: [romconlang] -able

Mark:
<<
The French deck doesn't actually descend from Tarot; rather it and
Tarot have a common ancestor.    Europe had playing cards of the
modern variety for a good century before Tarot was invented.
 >>

This isn't actually what I meant, but I also didn't know that, and
did, indeed, assume it went Tarot > playing cards.  Thanks for
informing!

Actually, I was referring to the French word epee (accents left
out), which means "sword", which shares the same ancestor as
English  "spade".  That was why I thought a spade on a playing
card was called a spade, and not something else (e.g., a blade).

-David
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