Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!levy From: levy@fisher.UUCP (Silvio Levy) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: On Holy Wars: the etymology of 'First' Message-ID: <306@fisher.UUCP> Date: Sun, 16-Sep-84 22:35:45 EDT Article-I.D.: fisher.306 Posted: Sun Sep 16 22:35:45 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 03:59:19 EDT References: loral.444 <491@turtlevax.UUCP> <1185@rti-sel.UUCP> <1136@hcrvax.UUCP> <1665@sun.uucp> <1675@sun.uucp> <5975@mcvax.UUCP> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 3 I believe "princeps", the Latin word for "prince", has nothing to do with "capere", but with "capus" -- thus, "first head". (Cf. "biceps", the muscle with two heads.)