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The diachronic study of language and its evolution.

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How did 'cocodrilo' originate from 'crocodile'?

I think that with time the original word of crocodīlus has become cocodrilo in Español, through laziness or just by error. The same thing happens with Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (yerushaláyim) in Hebrew …
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