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From: Danette & John Howland <dan_how at msn.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.09.14 (03) [E]

From: Gary Davenport <gldavenport at student.ysu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.09.14 (01) [E]

 Lowlanders,

Here's another one to add to the list, this time from from the *Barnhart
Concise Dictionary of Etymology* by Robert K. Barnhart, 1995 (ISBN
0062700847):
"*battery **n. *1531 *batrye, batery, batterie *act of beating or battering;
borrowed from Middle French *batterie *a beating, battering, group of
cannon, from Old French *baterie *a beating, from *batre *to
beat, Late Latin *battere, *Latin *battuere *beat, strike; for suffix see
-ERY. The meaning of set of electrical cells appeared in 1748, in letters of
Benjamin Franklin, and the same sense of container holing one of more cells
that produce electricity in 1801."

Gary

Thanks, Gary! The date of the word's appearance in Franklin's letters was
just what I was looking for.

John
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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"

Beste Gary,

You wrote:
> Here's another one to add to the list, this time from from the
> /Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology/ by Robert K. Barnhart, 1995
> (ISBN 0062700847):
>
> "*battery */n. /1531 /batrye, batery, batterie /act of beating or
> battering; borrowed from Middle French /batterie /a beating,
> battering, group of cannon, from Old French /baterie / a beating, from
> /batre /to beat, Late Latin /battere, /Latin /battuere /beat, strike;
> for suffix see -ERY.

Of course.

Older folks here still call a drum player a "batt(e)rist" for example
(just like in some Scandinavian languages as well I believe).

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Gary, John, Gloria and whoever else is (fairly) new to the List,

Let me just add the footnote to explain his "here" that our Luc (actually,
one of our Lucs) lives in Belgium.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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