(September 4, 2014 at 12:16 pm)Darkstar Wrote: It's so predictable that it hurts. However, he did have one original thought (albeit a bizarre one). He said that universe is a compound word for 'uni' (one) and 'verse' (spoken statement), as in god speaking the universe into existence in Genesis. I've never heard that one; it's so out there I almost (almost) think he's trolling. But, I've seen enough fundies to know that he's probably serious. *sigh*
And thus falls another "original thought":
universe (n.) 1580s, "the whole world, cosmos, the totality of existing things," from Old French univers (12c.), from Latin universum "all things, everybody, all people, the whole world," noun use of neuter of adjective universus "all together, all in one, whole, entire, relating to all," literally "turned into one," from unus "one" (see one) + versus, past participle of vertere "to turn" (see versus).
-- From Online Etymology Dictionary
