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From: levy@fisher.UUCP (Silvio Levy)
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Subject: Re: On Holy Wars: the etymology of 'First'
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Date: Sun, 16-Sep-84 22:35:45 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 16 22:35:45 1984
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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.)