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Richard Feynman had a similar story about speaking Portuguese, coming up with a longish word because he couldn't remember the common one, and impressing his hos
by cafard 5y ago
Richard Feynman had a similar story about speaking Portuguese, coming up with a longish word because he couldn't remember the common one, and impressing his hostess.
But is "labyrinth" from a romance language? It appears in Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexicon with the remark that it is a foreign word.
- mytailorisrich 5y agoIt's the Greek word that was adopted in Latin and then romance languages.
- shakow 5y agoIt's not originating from romance languages, but it's the “default” (and virtually only) word in romance languages (well, at least French).