Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down12
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square217linkfedilink
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThink of the language like units in a math problem. “East” (English) is more literally “East” Than “Leste”( Portuguese), even if it translates to the same If you make an analogy with temperature: 212°F is more literally “212” than 100C even if they are both the boiling point of water
Think of the language like units in a math problem.
“East” (English) is more literally “East”
Than “Leste”( Portuguese), even if it translates to the same
If you make an analogy with temperature: