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Right, English often does the same thing but disguises it with Latin. This first struck me with "unmittelbar", which is exactly the same as "immediate" except i
by TillE 7y ago
Right, English often does the same thing but disguises it with Latin. This first struck me with "unmittelbar", which is exactly the same as "immediate" except it feels more literal because all the components are German.
- schoen 7y agoAnd quite often it's not even a coincidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque