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- From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
- Subject: Re: Education and the Environment by Gregory A. Smith
- In-Reply-To: gil@tillage.DIALix.oz.au's message of Tue, 05 Jan 93 05:21:32 GMT
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- Date: 5 Jan 93 00:11:31
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- Gil says:
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- Under the Western European tradition derived from Mosaic
- Christianity and explicitly intended to engender loyalty to
- the status quo. The etymology of the word "education" arises
- from "to the Duke".
-
- Not quite. Webster says,
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- ed.u.cate \'ej-<e>-,k<a^->t\ vb -cat.ed; -cat.ing (15c)
- [ME educaten to rear, fr. L educatus, pp. of educare to rear, educate,
- fr. educere to lead forth -- more at EDUCE] vt
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- educe \i-'d(y)<u:>s\ vt educed; educ.ing (1603)
- [L educere to draw out, fr. e- + ducere to lead -- more at TOW]
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- duke \'d(y)<u:>k\ n (12c)
- [ME, fr. OF duc, fr. L duc-, dux, fr. ducere to lead -- more at TOW]
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- tow \'t<o^->\ vb (bef. 12c)
- [ME towen, fr. OE togian; akin to OE t<e^->on to draw, pull, OHG ziohan
- to draw, pull, L ducere to draw, lead] vt
-
- They have similar Latin roots, but neither is a descendant of the other.
- --
- John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
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- He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
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