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The funniest thing is that Portmanteau is not a french word in the first place. it's a large travelling case wich open like a book (in old english). Porte-Man
by Darkstack 8y ago
The funniest thing is that Portmanteau is not a french word in the first place. it's a large travelling case wich open like a book (in old english).
Porte-Manteau used to be the guy carrying the coat of the King and is not a Portmanteau. We translate portmanteau as "Mot-Valise" in french which means "Case(as in luggage)-Word".