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In the following paragraphs, we outline the derivation of a set of deterministic equations that describe the change in relative concentrations of the different pure and mixed virions in an infinite virus population.
At the same time I thought it advisable, in my note under the same heading ( Cantabrigia ), to point out to him that he had, no doubt inadvertently, been poaching on my preserves, and I took advantage of the opportunity and filled up the lacunae in the steps of the derivation which, from want of evidence, had been left in my first note.
Brooke's derivation of machete from Spanish macho `male' is a folk etymology: the two words are unconnected and the correct etymology may be found on pp. 746-750 of vol.
The name Exuma is said to be a derivation of the two Lucayan Indian words that had been used for this group of islands, yumey and suma.
The word first gained general usage in Britain during World War II, and possibly came about as a result of fraternizing with French troops, perhaps as a corruption of l'eau (water) or lieux d'aisance (Water-closet), or even as a derivation of the cry ( Garde á l'eau! , given to warn passerby that someone above was about to slop out (the anglicised form, gardyloo ! , occurs in this context in a novel by Tobias Smollett as early as 1771).