Re: CHAT: OT CHAT: Asperger's syndrome
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 30, 2000, 8:36 |
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At 20:46 28/06/00 +0200, you wrote:
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>> French masculine first name, Greek-Christian origin. :)
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>Greek Christophoros = Christbearer, or something like that. PHOR- in phoros
>is a gradus apophonicus of the verb PHERO, to bring, Latin 'fero', English
>'bear'.
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Exactly! Christbearer is the correct translation. It was the man who
carried Jesus when this one was baptised by John the Baptist in the river
(don't remember which river :) ). At least that's what I've been told. Now
Saint Christophe is the protector of travelers.
Christophe Grandsire
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