Xref: utzoo rec.games.trivia:2879 alt.folklore.computers:1278
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!uci-ics!ucla-cs!das
From: das@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (David Smallberg)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: At Last!  The voice of Reason!
Keywords: Decade,bean counters
Message-ID: <30958@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Date: 17 Jan 90 21:25:46 GMT
References: <50810@bbn.COM> <1484@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <3612@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <30874@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1990Jan16.104013.15688@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <9360@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU
Reply-To: das@lanai.UUCP (David Smallberg)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Lines: 14

In article <9360@cbmvax.commodore.com> valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>>In article <30874@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> das@cs.ucla.edu (David Smallberg) writes:
>>> ... "first" and "second" are etymologically unrelated to "one" and "two".
>
>Actually, "second" also means "deuxieme" in French. Obviously the term "second"
>does have etymological roots derived from the number two, whether you call it
>"two" or "deux" or whatever.
>
>Valentin

Nope.  "first" comes from a Germanic word meaning "prince" or "foremost";
"second" from a Latin word meaning "following" (cf. "sequence").

-- David Smallberg, das@cs.ucla.edu, ...!{uunet,ucbvax,rutgers}!cs.ucla.edu!das