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terrie · 01-31-2018, 11:10 AM

I love the dictionary.com notation on derivation...'-}}

"+ Latin crepidam ‘sole of a shoe, sandal’ (< Greek krepis ‘shoe’); in allusion to the words of Pliny the Elder ne supra crepidam sutor judicare ‘let the cobbler not judge above the sandal’; cf. the English proverb “let the cobbler stick to his last” "

And...I've know a few of them also...

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01-31-2018, 11:10 AM	#2
terrie Staff Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 9,346	I love the dictionary.com notation on derivation...'-}} "+ Latin crepidam ‘sole of a shoe, sandal’ (< Greek krepis ‘shoe’); in allusion to the words of Pliny the Elder ne supra crepidam sutor judicare ‘let the cobbler not judge above the sandal’; cf. the English proverb “let the cobbler stick to his last” " And...I've know a few of them also... Terrie