From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date: 2005-11-03T22:13:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Trapping errors.

Selon Hugh Sasse <hgs@dmu.ac.uk>:

>
> I thought you meant "Shaking Stevens" for a minute! I know it was
> Shakespearian in origin, but didn't know about the French and Latin
> roots.  Makes one wonder about "petition"...
> >

It does come from Latin through French too, but luckily it doesn't have the same
Latin root ;) . In this case, the root is the Latin verb petere: to ask, to
request. Yeah, I know it's disappointing ;) .

See: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=petition
--
Christophe Grandsire.

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