| As we have above given an etymon of cobweb, we will here repeat our note on the word gossamer in the Fairy Legends. |
| Will you accept a French elucidation of the etymon of this word, which has sorely puzzled your correspondents? |
| Though the term business has been accepted as the etymon, pidgin may also have evolved from the Cantonese phrase bei chin 'pay money' or from a convergence of both terms. |
| Let me give only one etymon by way of preparation for my answer. |
| The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymon of vaire. |
| I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my own etymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz. |
