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William A Hupy
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Essay

Postby William A Hupy » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:54 am

In French, essayer, means “to try”. Taken from Latin, exigere, to weigh, examine, test. It appears we took examine and assay from the root. A hat tick!
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Re: Essay

Postby Slava » Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:23 pm

And assay used to be spelled essay.
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