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Re: Peg out of Marguerite
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margaret -latin-"a pearl" yours is the french form of this name,
prehaps PEG came from, an english form Peggotty an old english form,(being in a Dickens book), Marguerite, Margherita is said to be the chattering sound of a magpie...magpie is an english form of margaret....
Daisy a form only, because "Marguerite" is french for daisy,
Reta is the finnish form,
Meghan and Mairgreg the irish,
Gretli the swiss,
Gogo is another french form,
'the great Margherita' was what Dante called the moon......
...hope this helps....
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