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Yeah, probably not. You might as well say that "carpet" means "a domestic animal that inhabits your automobile", because "car"+"pet". Generally speaking, you c
by mikelevins 6y ago
Yeah, probably not. You might as well say that "carpet" means "a domestic animal that inhabits your automobile", because "car"+"pet".
Generally speaking, you can't get at the meaning of a word by decomposing it into its etymological roots, even if you're lucky or educated enough to pick the correct roots.
For a nice (heh) example of why, look up the etymology of the word "nice", for example, here:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/nice https://www.etymonline.com/word/nice