Exact Etymology Disputed

Famous quotes containing the words exact and/or etymology:

    Now I have entered the year without words.
    I note the queer entrance and the exact voltage.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)