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This is conjecture, but I reckon that in the absence of any other definitive explanation, the word "heat", as used to label early rounds in a knockout sporting competition, may have entered the English language with the Normans as "huit", the French for eight, the play off round with eight competitors before the quarter final. Maybe??

(John Hennebry, Melbourne, Aug 2012)

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