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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
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How does Spanish taladro "drill" fit in? From Celtic?
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> Irish <tarathar>, Welsh <taradr> "borer, drill", Lat.
<terebrum/terebra>
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Yes, from Celtic.
From Buck's "Synonyms": "Latinized Gall. <taratrum>, whence OFr.
<tarere>, Fr. <tariere> (with suffix change), Sp. <taladro>."
Dan