> Francois Labreque<fla### [at] videotronca>  wrote:
>> Origin of INDEX
>> Latin indic-, index, from indicare to indicate
>> First Known Use: 1561
>
>    The first known use of the word doesn't necessarily mean it's the first
> known use of an index in a book.
>

Agreed.

but if the first documented use the word index to was in 1561, we can 
safely assume that the first use of the index itself predates it.  I was 
only establishing the upper bound.

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