Monday, 12 August 2013

From Russia with Love


Team (n.) Old English team "set of draft animals yoked together," from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (cf. Old Norse taumr, Old Frisian tam, Dutch toom, Old High German zoum, German Zaum "bridle"), probably literally "that which draws," from *taugmaz "action of drawing," from series *taukh-, *tukh-, *tug-, represented by Old English togian "to pull, drag" (cf. tow).

Fortress (n.) early 14c., from Old French forteresse "strong place" (12c.), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis "strong" + English -ess, a fairly uncommon suffix (duress, largess being other examples).

Anyway, here's the pic:

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