RE: the term "eugenics"

From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2001 - 00:51:42 MDT


On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Emlyn O'regan wrote:

> The name "Eugene" actually derives from "Eugenics", does it not?

Eugene does indeed come from greek eugenes, meaning well born.
(it's a dirty lie, of course, but shhhh)

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a>
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