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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] 3 points 4 months ago

"The naming process, the act of naming the items of the world, is as old as the first words spoken by our ancestors." is the least said with the most words I've seen in a fair while!