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> There's a scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding And there is linguistics, a science that studies language including etymology.
by LudwigNagasena 4y ago
> There's a scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
And there is linguistics, a science that studies language including etymology.
- bnralt 4y agoI mean, I don’t think anyone here doubts that linguistics exists. The point was rather that fake etymologies also exist, and can be extremely common. As other replies have noted, it doesn't look like there's evidence that the word "Baccalaureate" comes from the Arabic "Bihaqq Al-riwayatt," and there seems to be a high likelihood that this is a fake etymology.
- Symbiote 4y agoThe Oxford English Dictionary even points out the fake etymology for bachelor meaning a laurel wreath, and says it's just an old pun.