Talk:Nimbus

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It is curious that nimbus, a Latin-derived word, appears here, but halo a Greek-derived word does not, since the word icon is more usually associated with Eastern than Western Christianity. (OED says nimbus us perhaps related to nebula, which is reported to have come ultimately from a Greek word, but only "perhaps", whereas halo came to us through Latin from Greek with little change. Michael Hardy 23:10, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC). Nimbus Television Corporation of India