Whither Tango?

[Justin Johansson]

Jérôme M. Berger wrote:
> Justin Johansson wrote:
>> I don't give an iota about iota.  In my dictionary retro is a
>> Latin prefix.  However in post-classical Latin it is not uncommon
>> to come across words that have a Greek origin.  Me thinks we are
>> both right on this occasion; retro is a Latin prefix; it's in a
>> Latin dictionary and its etymology appears to have a Greek connection.
>>
>> retro- pref. repr. L. retrō- adv. (‘behind’) used in combination as in
>> retrospicere (cf. RETROSPECT), retrogradus (see next), f. RE- + compar.
>> suffix as in intrō- INTRO-; in anat. and path. denoting ‘situated
>> behind’ the part of the body indicated by the second el., as
>> retro-ocular, -uterine.
>>
>> T. F. HOAD. "retro-." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English
>> Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 20, 2010).
>> http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-retro.html
>>
> 	Well my source for "retro" was this (in French):
> http://www.le-dictionnaire.com/definition.php?mot=retro which
> definitely states it has a Greek origin. However, you are right that
> Latin did borrow a lot of Greek words so it could have come to us
> through Latin.
> 
> 	For "iota" my source was the 1980 edition of the "petit Larousse en
> couleurs" dictionary. I don't think that one went through Latin
> though...
> 
> 		Jerome

Jerome, I think you are correct.

I o'ta know that.  :-)

(I ought to know that.)

Cheers
Justin