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minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months ago Talmud androgynos Can you expand on this? That’s greek after all right?
minus-squareComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-29 months agoProbably a loan word at some point https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgynos
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoHuh the talmud is younger than I thought then
minus-squareComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-29 months agoYeah the Torah is the older one.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoLoan words are fun, your language either lacks a word for a concept or it’s very obscure so you just grab one from a neighboring culture. English has loads of them from French
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoAt this point english is to french as swiss is to german.
Can you expand on this? That’s greek after all right?
Probably a loan word at some point https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgynos
Huh the talmud is younger than I thought then
Yeah the Torah is the older one.
Loan words are fun, your language either lacks a word for a concept or it’s very obscure so you just grab one from a neighboring culture. English has loads of them from French
At this point english is to french as swiss is to german.