Comments on: Word Origin: “Villain” http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/12/09/word-origin-villain/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Avi Solomon http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/12/09/word-origin-villain/comment-page-1/#comment-8600 Avi Solomon Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:40:26 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/12/09/word-origin-villain/#comment-8600 Lewis Thomas was especially good at this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566491665/ Lewis Thomas was especially good at this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566491665/

]]> By: zacharius http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/12/09/word-origin-villain/comment-page-1/#comment-8572 zacharius Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:48:17 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/12/09/word-origin-villain/#comment-8572 I'm always suprised to find the root meanings of words. english is esepcially rich for that becuase it borrows from so many other languages. it's interesting to consider how much effect these age-old imprints have on us now. we use words whose history we largely remain ignorant of, and surely must carry that distortion of meaning somewhere in our collective psyche. I’m always suprised to find the root meanings of words. english is esepcially rich for that becuase it borrows from so many other languages.

it’s interesting to consider how much effect these age-old imprints have on us now. we use words whose history we largely remain ignorant of, and surely must carry that distortion of meaning somewhere in our collective psyche.

]]> By: Fell http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/12/09/word-origin-villain/comment-page-1/#comment-8557 Fell Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:22:36 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/12/09/word-origin-villain/#comment-8557 Nice find, Tim. Thanks! Nice find, Tim. Thanks!

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