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John,
That indeed appears to be the etymology suggested in Philippe Aries, The Hour of
Our Death, pp. 52-53, where he cites Godefroy, Dictionnaire, s.v. "Aître".
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
On 12 Jun 2005 at 9:38, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> But if a common meaning is "churchyard", then "aître" in that sense
> perhaps comes only indirectly from "ater, atrum" and more directly from
> "atrium".
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
>
> On Sunday, June 12, 2005, 1:31 am, Denis Hue wrote:
>
> > the problem is "aitre" is generally received to come from lat.
> > ater, atrum
> > (the aître saint Maclou is black, as if it had been tarred) ; but
> > Aire Saint
> > Mitre is provencal, you know... I ought to search in Mistral's
> > Tresor du
> > felibrige, but Gallica is desperately slow this morning...
> > ***********************
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