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Five common English words we don't know the origins of—including 'boy' and 'dog' (phys.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The first 4 I can understand. Single syllable words, hard to trace or make guesses about.

Recorder has always puzzled me. It's such a specific word, and never made any sense to me. I hope the article author succeeds in finding an answer.