Sorry, but in Spanish it's "caja". In Portuguese it's "caixa", ok. Yours, R.M.
On 11/1/23, 'Patrice Riemens' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> wrote: > If I am not mistaken, 'caixa' is in PT and ES (languages) also a financial > institution, usually a bank (& that word in turn comes from the bench, ' > banco', the money handlers were doing their business on in the middle ages > ... > (sorry to make just a cameo appearance on this list, but I couldn't resist > ;-) > Cheers to all, p+7D!&H! > > > From: "'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net" <[email protected]> > > To: "Goa-Research-Net" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 November, 2023 10:42:43 > Subject: Re: [GRN] Caixeiros > > Dear John, > > You're not wrong. I just googled it. The English word cash does indeed come > from the Latin root for box. There we go, learn something new everyday. > > Warm wishes, > Selma > > On Wednesday, 1 November 2023 at 06:51:09 GMT, John de Figueiredo > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Interesting. I wonder if the English word “cash” comes from the Portuguese > “caixa”. Cândido de Figueiredo used to criticize the Portuguese for their > “anglicismos” and “galicismos”. If “cash” was derived from “caixa”, it would > be an example of “Lusitanismo” of the British and the Americans. > John M. de Figueiredo > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/F1DA602C-2E39-4823-8432-3E019EBC5F2B%40sbcglobal.net. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] . > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1127755813.922770.1698831763803%40mail.yahoo.com > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1906037378.6172.1698864206194.JavaMail.zimbra%40puscii.nl. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAF8ZN7RuSbBuHMCQ9i8mTvKmDHgggetcwn9_4D%2BAX-y%3DumkLMg%40mail.gmail.com.
