Klarinet Archive - Posting 000662.txt from 2002/10

From: "Alan J. Nussbaum" <ajn8@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Semi-professional throat Bb
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:02:57 -0500

> <><> Tony Pay wrote:
>Coraggio!
>
>[ Coraggio.... I've never thought about the etymological root of
>"courage". I wonder if "incorrigible" comes from the same root? ]

No. "In-corrigible" is taken straight from Latin
cor-rigere/cor-rectum 'set straight,' while "courage" is a French
item derived from the word that comes out as Modern French coeur
'heart' (which is, in turn, descended from Latin cor 'heart'). No
relationship at any stage.

Alan Nussbaum

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