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My favourite is russian ‘запомни’ and polish ‘zapomnij’ which sound very similar but mean completely the opposite - ‘remember’ and ‘forget’. One might think ho
by vertigolimbo 7y ago
My favourite is russian ‘запомни’ and polish ‘zapomnij’ which sound very similar but mean completely the opposite - ‘remember’ and ‘forget’.
One might think how through history one word got the opposite meaning.
- umanwizard 7y agoAlso interesting (to me) are words that are clearly etymologically connected yet mean something totally unrelated. E.g. French pas meaning "not" and Spanish paso meaning "step".