Re: "You're a prince"
Aaron (aaron.brager@writeme.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:31:50 -0400
right, but princeps is from primus & capere as well, and I quote:
<<princeps (leader, initiator); from primus (first) and capere (to take)>>
I'm quoting Merriam Webster Dictionary
----- Original Message -----
From: <JediMars@aol.com>
To: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: "You're a prince"
> <<"Prince" comes from two latin words: primus, which means "first" and
capere,
> which means "to take". (A prince, therefore, is one who is the first to
> take.)>>
>
> i think the word prince comes from the latin princeps... leader/ruler
>