Reply to : Warren Thom

>>  My wife and I saw a delightful French movie, "Amelie".  A Gnome was in
the movie.  Does anyone know if the word is related to the word gnomon? <<

No, gnomon comes from Greek, while gnome comes from Latin (gnomus) which
was used by Paracelsus, but I don't know where he got it from.

Richard.


  E-mail from: Richard Mallett, 05-May-2002
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