Quoted message said:how exactly did the spatula get it's
name?
Looks like a Latin dimuative to me. Probably meant something like "miniature
shovel."
Neil
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Re: Spatula
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WardNA said:
Quoted message said:
how exactly did the spatula get it's
name?Looks like a Latin dimuative to me. Probably meant something like
"miniatureQuoted message said:
shovel."
Close.
"Oxford"
-ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek spathe 'broad blade'.
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Sheldon said:
WardNA said:
Quoted message said:
how exactly did the spatula get it's
name?Looks like a Latin dimuative to me. Probably meant something like
"miniatureQuoted message said:
shovel."
Close.
"Oxford"
-ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek spathe 'broad blade'.
---Hmm, how did I miss that... wouldn't a "broad blade" be a speculum?
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