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<P>Another connected word may be "passement" which means ornamentation like braid or trim on a garment and comes from French.</P>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>James Crippen <jcrippen@GMAIL.COM></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>James Crippen <jcrippen@GMAIL.COM></I><BR>To: <I>CHINOOK@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</I><BR>Subject: <I>Derivation of "pasiooks"?</I><BR>Date: <I>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:31:00 -1000</I><BR>>"Pasiooks" means "French". But I can't figure out how it gets to CJ<BR>>from French. What French word or words does it derive from? Or is it<BR>>in fact from a native language?<BR>><BR>>My guess was that it somehow came from "voyageur", but I'm not<BR>>terribly confident of this. If it came from that I would have <BR>>expected<BR>>"poyachee" or something.<BR>><BR>>Can anyone enlighten me?<BR>><BR>>Masi,<BR>>James<BR>><BR>>To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond <BR>>privately to the
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