Talk:præfaceth

RfV discussion: failed
RfV-failed on Tuesday the 3rd of November in 2009.

Meseemeth this form of ye verb æxisteth not. Equinox ◑ 01:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed the OED doesn't seem to have a citation for "praefaceth" and but one 17th century citation for any form of "praeface". In contrast, they have 274 citations of forms of "preface", including 2 of "prefaceth" in the 17th century. The spelling seems to have been used for the noun during the revival of interest in the classics starting in the 17th century and to have little modern use. It would be an odd spelling in any other context since the English word preface: derives from the Old French, which derived from ML. prefatio:. One must go back closer to classical Latin to find the prae- spelling. DCDuring TALK 02:58, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Deleted. Equinox ◑ 17:12, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

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Meseemeth this form of ye verb æxisteth not. Equinox ◑ 01:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed the OED doesn't seem to have a citation for "praefaceth" and but one 17th century citation for any form of "praeface". In contrast, they have 274 citations of forms of "preface", including 2 of "prefaceth" in the 17th century. The spelling seems to have been used for the noun during the revival of interest in the classics starting in the 17th century and to have little modern use. It would be an odd spelling in any other context since the English word preface: derives from the Old French, which derived from ML. prefatio:. One must go back closer to classical Latin to find the prae- spelling. DCDuring TALK 02:58, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Deleted. Equinox ◑ 17:12, 3 November 2009 (UTC)