Tantamount

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Cacasenno
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Tantamount

Postby Cacasenno » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:45 pm

tan·ta·mount (tnt-mount)

ADJECTIVE:

Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand.

ETYMOLOGY:
From obsolete tantamount, an equivalent, from Anglo-Norman tant amunter, to amount to as much : tant, so much, so great (from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus, from tam, so; see to- in Indo-European roots) + amunter, to amount to variant of Old French amonter ; see amount

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Postby Perry » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:07 pm

The above post is tantamount to a Good Word Suggestion. :wink:
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