Wislizenus - finale !

[Thomas Lammers]

At 10:31 PM 11/18/02 +0000, Jacques Melot wrote:
>>On what basis do you consider that the 19th century American of German
>>birth, Friedrich [changed to Frederick in the US] Adolph Wislizenus, has
>>a surname that is "already in Latin"?  It is true that the -us ending is
>>uncommon in English (and I suppose German) surnames (-ius is commoner),
>>but just because a German (or English) name ends in -us that surely does
>>not make it Latin.  There is no suggestion that
>>Wislizenus was a "latinization" of another name, analogous to, say,
>>Bauhinus from Bauhin.

For a similar recent case, see Burmeistera knaphusii (non "knaphi")
Lammers, Novon 12: 212 (2002).  The surname of the honoree is Norwegian
(knap - hus).


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

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