Yesterday two posters instructed: >Most of us that are owned by ferrets know that the root of the word comes >from the late Latin word for robber furo, and from from the ancient Latin >for thief, fur. However, did you know that from that root comes the trunk >of our "ferret tree", fuiron. Furion is old French for robber or thief. >From that trunk comes the branch fuiret, the diminutive of fuiron; little >robber or small thief, what have you. and >i am sure some of you are either familiar with this link or the pieces >displayed on it, but this is a good example o' ferrets in art history >over time. > http://www.doctorbeer.com/joyce/ferrets/frhistpg.htm. I add: Don't forget http://www.ferretcentral.org/faq/history.html by an archeozoologist, with the second section pertaining to this conversation. [Posted in FML issue 3677]