Not to get into a whole discussion on this, but the origin of an important term is a perfectly appropriate object of inquiry in the history of ideas. That doesn't mean its importance should be overstated, but we can think of many examples of valuable work on the origins of terminology that certainly do not confuse the difference between a term and the ideas it represents. Tony Aspromourgos wrote a very good article on the origins of the term "neoclassical," no doubt following in the footsteps of his teacher (and 2005 HES distinguished Fellow) Peter Groenewegen, who wrote an excellent note on the origin of the phrase "supply and demand." Of course, the ideas these terms are intended to represent preceded the terminology itself, one is almost tempted to ask how it could be otherwise (the exception being the simultaneous development of the term and the idea?). The point here is simply that, in the history of thought, there is both an intrinsic interest in the origins of a term and possibilities that inquiry into a term's origins might shed light on other important and interesting issues in the development of ideas. Mathew Forstater