Word Detective: gubernatorial

[Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM]

Word Detective writes:

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     The
root of both was the Greek verb "kubernan," meaning "to steer a ship," or,
more metaphorically, "to guide or rule."
     [...]
Incidentally, while the French were fiddling around with the Latin
"gubernare," they also produced the word "cybernetique," meaning "the art
of governing."
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I don't think the French or anyone else took that from "gubernare", but rather
from Greek; and not from "kubernan" but from "kubernetes", meaning 'governor or
steersman [one who steers a ship]'.

-- Mark A. Mandel
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