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🎀 :
Does the Latin word hostis meaning enemy has to do with hospital/hostage?
2023-06-03 23:44:24
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EJDS :
this explains why I thought hospitality meant being a doctor
2023-06-04 00:29:13
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💫magic :
this post does remind me of camus' "l'hôte" being translated to "the guest" in english
2023-06-04 00:14:13
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Sean :
In french, if you see a ^ on a letter, it means in old french an s came after that letter
2023-06-15 18:48:41
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cools2016 :
etymologynerd why are some ts not pronounced like it cat and pot
2023-06-04 00:53:13
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t :
i love that hostage means involuntary guest idk why that amuses me so much
2023-06-15 09:57:13
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Juani :
Love your variety of Kirkland shirts (class of ‘10 here 👋🏼)
2023-06-05 06:26:03
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genzneer :
wait hospital doesn't come from the German spital????
2023-06-03 22:52:53
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ForbiddenShapes :
Also "guest" and "host" are cognates via P.I.E. *gʰóstis ("guest" from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, "host" from Latin "hostis")
2023-06-21 01:58:20
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Cthula :
where can I learn everything you know
2023-06-15 05:18:36
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smurgmurg :
i LOVE linguistics
2023-06-04 20:04:27
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The man :
@gnoelle603
2023-06-04 02:33:46
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Jake :
does this mean the words capital and hospital are related? if Hospital means Guest House, what does capital mean, Large House or something?
2023-06-05 00:08:18
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CodedStingray :
Also hospitality
2023-06-03 20:11:16
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🧻 :
host, hospitality, hostess
2023-06-13 02:32:35
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ñ :
state and état! 😁
2023-06-11 09:47:44
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sipuli :
It's not a kidnapping, it's a forced invitation to hang out
2023-06-03 23:44:59
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ObsidianBlack22 :
This kind of stuff is my jam. This specific set of words is one of my favorite examples of linguistic development.
2023-06-03 21:59:42
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Pacific Slim :
How do you look up things like these
2023-06-07 20:48:50
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fantasmagothico :
@Evan
2023-06-08 22:22:54
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alexis :
It took 25 years and this tiktok for me to realize pate just meant paste 😭
2023-06-04 02:08:11
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philthyworld :
And city hall in French is l’hotel de Ville
2023-06-04 19:49:05
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Gabriel 🙃 :
in Portuguese we have the word "hóspede", which means a guest at a hotel
2023-06-03 20:17:30
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eloise :
what are the main differences between old french and new french?
2023-06-03 18:36:05
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💫magic :
is it easier to translate medieval french to modern english than it is medieval english to modern?
2023-06-03 18:48:52
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dema :
Interesting
2023-06-03 18:47:25
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farhan :
I would’ve thought hostage comes from “hostes” in Latin meaning enemy?
2023-07-01 19:48:04
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salui.sc :
hostage comes from "obses" (vulgar latin) meaning hostage or captive.
2023-07-02 12:10:15
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brokie :
thank you 🙏🙏
2023-07-25 14:56:01
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fern !! || #TILLISALIVE :
on of the few english speakers i’ve seen pronounce crêpe correctly loved this vid btw
2024-11-07 02:27:25
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