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The study of the history of words including their origins and the changes they've undergone through time.
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Why does "banana" have so many translations in Spanish?
Interestingly, all the words you mention have very different origins.
Plátano, which is also the word used in Spain, clearly comes directly from latin platanus. There is the possibility that this had …
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Etymology of "Talo" (Finnish for "house"). Can it be a cognate of Thalamus?
I was wondering if the word might have a common etymology with Greek Thalassa ("sea") or Thalamos ("bedroom"). …
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