minus-squareSquids@sopuli.xyztoCurated Tumblr@sh.itjust.works•LoanpostlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDoes guillotine count as a loanword when it’s actually named after someone? That’s like saying pasteurise is a loanword because Louis Pasteur was French, even though the word is clearly just his name linkfedilink
Does guillotine count as a loanword when it’s actually named after someone? That’s like saying pasteurise is a loanword because Louis Pasteur was French, even though the word is clearly just his name