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minus-squaredankm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSometimes you get article transfer as well. The English word “apron” comes from the obsolete “napron”, in turn from Old French “napperon”. People heard “a napron”, which became “an apron”, which eventually led to the main word being “apron”.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHah, I’d never heard that before! That is amusing =p Wait, does muse / amuse have a similar etymology? A musing, musing, here I go amusing again… Something like that?
Sometimes you get article transfer as well. The English word “apron” comes from the obsolete “napron”, in turn from Old French “napperon”.
People heard “a napron”, which became “an apron”, which eventually led to the main word being “apron”.
Hah, I’d never heard that before!
That is amusing =p
Wait, does muse / amuse have a similar etymology?
A musing, musing, here I go amusing again…
Something like that?