Sapir-Whorf is about grammar, not individual words: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity "Th

Sapir-Whorf is about grammar, not individual words: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity "The principle of linguistic relativity holds that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition." (emphasis mine)