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tizonlyaname | 17:43 Tue 20th Mar 2007 | Word Origins
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what is the origin of the word clandestine?
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Latin - 'clandestinus'.
19:14 Tue 20th Mar 2007
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the Latin word 'clam' meant 'in secret'. It doesn't seem to be related to the shellfish, whose name is Germanic in origin, and 'to clam up', meaning to keep your mouth as tightly closed as a clam shell, comes from that rather than the Latin word.
14:00 Wed 21st Mar 2007

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