From: jeroen@nospam.please   
      
   On 11/02/18 12:05, oldschool@tubes.com wrote:   
   > On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 17:53:32 -0800, John Larkin   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> Lots of things are radio active.   
   >   
   > I always wondered how the term "Radio Active" came to be....   
   >   
   > It has nothing to do with a Radio. If it did, everytime I turned on a   
   > radio, it would be radio active, because when it's playing, it's active.   
   >   
   > I sort of figure the "RAD" has to do with radiation, but why did the   
   > word "radio" come to be used?   
   >   
      
   It derives from the latin 'radiare': 'to shine'. 'Radio' is the   
   first person present tense: "I shine".   
      
   Jeroen Belleman   
      
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