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From: Alec Cawley <a...@spamspam.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Terry Tour Report - Seattle, WA, USA Edition
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:04:55 +0100
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Sofia wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:00:16 -0400, Arthur Hagen wrote:
> 
>>>>> ten
>>>>>
>>>>>> You will all want to look up the origins of the word
>>>>>> "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".
>>
> 
> As far as I know, a vault is also a burial chamber, a domed underground
> chamber, or a really high/long leap, but I've never heard it called a
> *vulva* before, "aaarrrggghhh"! :-(.

That is not what he said. Etymology is the study of the descent of
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.