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"Aristotle" and "aristocrat", any relationship existing?

 
 
Reply Thu 19 Jul, 2007 01:38 am
Is it a pure coincidence that "aristocrat" and "Aristotle" spell alike?



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Reply Thu 19 Jul, 2007 04:09 am
Yes, it's a coincidence.

aristocrat etymology
[French aristocrate, from aristocratie, aristocracy, from Old French, from Late Latin aristocratia; see aristocracy.]

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/a/a0423200.html

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/a/a0423700.html

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher; aristocrat is derived from a Latin word.
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