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>>>>> ten >>>>>> You will all want to look up the origins of the word > As far as I know, a vault is also a burial chamber, a domed underground
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:00:16 -0400, Arthur Hagen wrote:
>>>>>> "fornicator" at some point soon.
>>>>> Checking Etymonline, I find it's from fornus = "oven of
>>>>> arched or domed shape".
>>>>> I guess it's one of the intermediate meanings you want us
>>>>> to find, like fornix = vault.
>>> Yep, that has the potential to be a very interesting pun in a
>>> book about the banking industry.
>> Interestingly, the word "vault" has the same etymology as "vulva".
> chamber, or a really high/long leap, but I've never heard it called a
> *vulva* before, "aaarrrggghhh"! :-(.
words, not synonyms. I.e. he claims that "vault" and "vulva" are both
derived from the same source. The OED does *not* confirm this statement.