From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 24711
Date: 2003-07-19
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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Latin verus
> 19-07-03 16:17, alex wrote:
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> > Last question: etymology of cosinus used in geometry?
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> Co(n)- + si:nus 'bay, curve'
The relevant meaning here is 'bosom', which is why it was chosen to
translate Arabic jaib. There's another translation before we get back from
human to geometric curves.
Richard.