speaking of which, the study of time or the art of making timepieces is called horology--which is obviously related to horoscope and hour. Until right this minute I never made the connection between horoscope and hour. Even more interestingly, at least to me, horology comes from the Greek word horos, which as far as I can tell meant (or still means) "year." That means that hour and year in English come from the same root. I can't figure out from the web what the Greek word for hour was if the word for year was horos, but I'm sure that info is somewhere.
On a related note, almost all words having to do with time were related to horology, and obviously clock is totally different. Reason--clock, or something like it, actually means bell. So why do we say bell and almost every other language says something like clock for bell? No one knows, but linguists think it is related to bellow. I know this isn't funny, but I thought it was interesting. You are welcome to ignore it. --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another London guidebook discovery: > > http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_ar chives_museums_galleries/clock_museum.htm > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/vzIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
