Alias also is used by bastards John Smith alias Bropwn meaning thebastartd
son of Brown.



At 11:49 AM -0500 1/3/03, Messmer, Alan wrote:
>Hi there.  Not a contributor generally to this listserv, but I saw this
>query and thought I'd try to help.  My favorite etymologist, the late
>one-man tour de force, Eric Partridge, succinctly states the following for
>his entry on alias/alibi:
>
>"alias; alibi: L[atin] alias, otherwise, esp[ecially] otherwise called;
>L[atin] alibi, elsewhere: both from alius, other."
>
>Brackets mine, emphasis his.
>
>Alan Messmer
>News Researcher
>The Christian Science Monitor
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>
>
>> ----------
>> From:         BettyLou Boysen
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>> history.
>> Sent:         Thursday, January 2, 2003 12:49 PM
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>> Subject:      Re: Alias, meaning of
>>
>> Honor:
>>     To the best of my knowledge the use of Alias in the mid 17th Century
>> and
>> prior refers to the use of an assumed name. I am still trying to unravel
>> the
>> "alias" attachment that I have encountered.
>>
>> BettyLou
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