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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, João Simões Lopes Filho
<josimo70@...> wrote:
> What's the etymology of Italian FALEGNAME "joiner".
>
> Joao SL
> Rio
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According to Buck's "Synonyms":
From 'fare' "do, make" and 'legname'"woodwork, articles made of
wood" (< Latin 'lignum').