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Old 05-22-2004, 04:03 AM
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[color=#000000ost_uid0]Yep. Actually, "vir" comes from an indo-european root word expressed in several languages. I believe the Sanskrit is virah.

The distortion most people are familiar with is "were," as is werewolf, werebeast, etc.[/colorost_uid0]
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