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[โ€“] fsniper@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had no idea! Thank you for the great explanation.

[โ€“] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

To be honest, I didn't either but I wanted to know where all these names come from. So I did some Googling and that's what I found. Apologies if I've mangled anything, but I think I got the broad strokes right. Etymology (the study of the origin and evolution of words) is neat!