CCL: origin of ab initio

 Sent to CCL by: Demetrios Xenides [Demetrios.Xenides:_:uop.gr]
If this comment (..."nano" is a greek prefix that means "a lot of money
from Washington") is a joke then do no read the following. In case there
are people saying without being jocking, here is the correcting meaning of "nano" from International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek /nanos/= dwarf. On the other hand it might be true that with nano-* you might have more chances to get funding for your research, thus the reason for the (mis)use of the word. 
 All the best,
 Demetrios
 Etymology:
    International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek /nanos/ dwarf
 Giuseppina Gini gini!A!elet.polimi.it wrote:
 
 good!
there are a lot of possible meanings for expressions in foreign languages. For instance some people says that "nano" is a greek prefix that means "a lot of money from Washington" 
 regards
Actually, Lou Allinger of Molecular Mechanics fame claims that "ab initio" 
 is a Latin term that means "very expensive."
 Cheers,
 John McKelvey
On Dec 12, 2007 4:30 AM, Christoph Etzlstorfer christoph.etzlstorfer . jku.at <http://jku.at>; <owner-chemistry]![ccl.net <mailto:owner-chemistry%5D%21%5Bccl.net>> wrote: 
     There is a story about that in Michael J.S. Dewars biography "A
     semiempirical life", American Chemical Society, 1992, p. 129.
     Best regards
     Christoph
     Am 11.12.2007 um 03:13 schrieb Tommy Ohyun Kwon ohyun.kwon _
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         Dear CCLers;
         I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me who used the
         term of "ab initio
         calculations" first.
         Thank you very much for your kind attention.
         Best wishes,
         Tommy
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