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Elizabeth / Penny / Penelope
I'm trying to understand the etymology of the name "Penny." I have always understood it to come from Penelope, and that makes sense to me, even if I don't understand the morphology.HOWEVER, I've seen a number of references that indicate Penny is a nickname for Elizabeth (as if Elizabeth doesn't have enough nicknames, it's worse that Robert).So I'm trying to understand how Penny moved from Penelope to Elizabeth; or how it spontaneously popped out of Elizabeth.A real stumper, to be sure!Thanks in advance for any help!
PeterPS: for any email responses, please remove the "spamfree." from my email.
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Elizabeth / Penny / Penelope  ·  Peter  ·  4/8/2004, 9:52 PM
Re: Elizabeth / Penny / Penelope  ·  Devonelisa  ·  4/9/2004, 1:43 AM
Re: Elizabeth / Penny / Penelope  ·  Anneza  ·  4/13/2004, 12:23 AM
Re: Elizabeth / Penny / Penelope  ·  Chrisell  ·  4/8/2004, 11:47 PM