Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com to history@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoJust Classicist Problemslemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day ago Talmud androgynos Can you expand on this? That’s greek after all right?
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours 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]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoAt this point english is to french as swiss is to german.
minus-squareComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day agoProbably a loan word at some point https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgynos
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoHuh the talmud is younger than I thought then
minus-squareComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoYeah the Torah is the older one.
Can you expand on this? That’s greek after all right?
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.
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.