4 ms·

It's also Latin and Greek for beaver which is more likely the origin of the name.

• tempay 5mo ago
  Latin and Greek aren’t one of the working languages at CERN (French and English are)
  • randiantech 5mo ago
    also spanish
    • elashri 5mo ago
      I would say "Italian" :)
      • pjmlp 5mo ago
        And Portuguese. :) And to keep this thread, I think our three languages should count as one, because at least 20 years ago, it was quite common to have Portuguese, Italian and Spanish mingle in several activities. Source, ATLAS TDAQ/HLT Alumni.
        • elashri 5mo ago
          I was just commenting based on the cliche that Italians are everywhere at CERN. So you will always hear Italian language.
          • pjmlp 5mo ago
            They are, that is how learnt Italian without much effort. :)