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[Viktor Lazlo]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Guido van Rooij wrote:

> An example would be Equus vs. Cavallus. The first is the latin word for horse,
> the second is the word used by soldiers for horses, a kind of slang.
> In france, the word for horse is cheval, which comes from Cavallus and not
> from equus.
>
> -Guido

Don't forget Dutch paard/German Pferd, both derived from a third Latin
term "para veredus", from the days when common people had little
experience with horses other than seeing those used by the king's
messenger service.

Cheers,

Viktor