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Contemporary words used in a cultural text set in another era
Anachronism.
(This is not a specific word for what you mean, but definitely covers it).
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Examples of ‘kangaroo etymologies’ that actually happened
In French, the name for a certain type of window is le vasistas, almost certainly from German was ist das? ("what is that?"), inquiring about that particular type of window (which is far ...
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Is the head function also called nucleus, or is nucleus a subtype of head?
This is a purely terminological confusion. The diagram is supposed to convey that in some specific cases, a head is called a nucleus. But in the "Head" article, the word "nucleus" ...
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