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> "Flammable" isn't supposed to be a word, even though people keep using it. On the contrary! "Flammable" has been used in English for centuries (https://www.
by jefftk 3y ago
> "Flammable" isn't supposed to be a word, even though people keep using it.
On the contrary! "Flammable" has been used in English for centuries (https://www.etymonline.com/word/flammable https://www.etymonline.com/word/flammable) and at this point it's used intentionally to make it clear that we really do mean something can burn.
- marcosdumay 3y agoAnd "inflammable" has been around for so long that it has spread to a big handful of languages. One of those being English. Flammable is the obvious construction you get from the Latin, but it's not exactly the word that spread into English. It seems to have been created there later.