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in reply to a message by Gianfranco E. Tubino Bryce
Not according to Dictionary.com:
Lynx: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek lunx. See leuk- in Indo-European Roots. I accordingly searched for leuk-, but only got this: Leuk- Greek, from leukos, "clear, white". See leuk- in Indo-European Roots. I would therefore venture that leuk- means "clear, white", via an educated guess based on leukos
Jinx: Possibly from jynx "wryneck (from its use in witchcraft)" from Latin iynx, from Greek iunx, perhaps from iuzein, "to call, cry".
A lynx is a type of wild cat. A jynx, or wryneck, is a type of woodpecker. And, though it may seem obvious, I'll reiterate that "jinx", meaning "a person believed to bring bad luck" or "a condition or period of bad luck believed to be caused by a specific person or thing" comes from "jynx", the animal.
Miranda
EDIT 1: Added leuk- information
EDIT 2: Fixed italisation
Lynx: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek lunx. See leuk- in Indo-European Roots. I accordingly searched for leuk-, but only got this: Leuk- Greek, from leukos, "clear, white". See leuk- in Indo-European Roots. I would therefore venture that leuk- means "clear, white", via an educated guess based on leukos
Jinx: Possibly from jynx "wryneck (from its use in witchcraft)" from Latin iynx, from Greek iunx, perhaps from iuzein, "to call, cry".
A lynx is a type of wild cat. A jynx, or wryneck, is a type of woodpecker. And, though it may seem obvious, I'll reiterate that "jinx", meaning "a person believed to bring bad luck" or "a condition or period of bad luck believed to be caused by a specific person or thing" comes from "jynx", the animal.
Miranda
EDIT 1: Added leuk- information
EDIT 2: Fixed italisation
This message was edited 11/10/2004, 2:41 PM
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