June 27, 2003
What You Find When You Look in the Dictionary
I am currently reading a book with the word "developing" in the title. As I looked at the cover this morning, I asked myself, "What does it mean do "de-velop" something? What is "veloping" anyway? Webster's New World College Dictionary had the answer for me: [[Fr developper < OFr desveloper < des- (L dis-), apart + voloper, to wrap, prob. OIt viluppo, a bundle < ? faluppa, bundle of straw; infl. by L volvere, to roll]]
Posted by Courtney Huntington at June 27, 2003 05:32 PM | TrackBackComments
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