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These words all stem from Latin ‘brevis’, meaning “short”.
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These words all stem from Latin ‘brevis’, meaning “short”.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn how it came to mean “letter” in many Germanic languages:
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'Word' was inherited from Proto-Germanic.
'Verb', on the other hand, was borrowed from Latin 'verbum', which also simply meant "word".
They have a common Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
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'Word' was inherited from Proto-Germanic.
'Verb', on the other hand, was borrowed from Latin 'verbum', which also simply meant "word".
They have a common Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
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They come from West Germanic *haribergu (military camp), a compound of *hari (army) and *bergu (shelter).
Other related English words are ‘harbinger’, ‘to harry’ and the name ‘Harold’.
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They come from West Germanic *haribergu (military camp), a compound of *hari (army) and *bergu (shelter).
Other related English words are ‘harbinger’, ‘to harry’ and the name ‘Harold’.
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'Fluere' and 'to flow' look very similar, so they must be etymologically related, right?
No! They're entirely unrelated.
'To flow' is related to 'pluere' (to rain) instead.
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'Fluere' and 'to flow' look very similar, so they must be etymologically related, right?
No! They're entirely unrelated.
'To flow' is related to 'pluere' (to rain) instead.
Here's how we know:
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What's going on here?
Despite their wildly different meanings, these words all have the same ancestor, which is reconstructed to mean "slanted; tilted".
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What's going on here?
Despite their wildly different meanings, these words all have the same ancestor, which is reconstructed to mean "slanted; tilted".
Here's how it went:
Sie erreichten das Ghetto nicht, sondern wurde nach ihrer Ankunft in Riga-Skirotava am 18. August 1942 in den umliegenden Wäldern ermordet.

Sie erreichten das Ghetto nicht, sondern wurde nach ihrer Ankunft in Riga-Skirotava am 18. August 1942 in den umliegenden Wäldern ermordet.

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