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Apparently, “several” does not in fact originally come from “around seven”, but came from “sever” (as in to fork/split/break), so it originally meant “2 or more
by Modified3019 2y ago
Apparently, “several” does not in fact originally come from “around seven”, but came from “sever” (as in to fork/split/break), so it originally meant “2 or more”.
But because of how it sounds, the meaning basically morphed into “seven-ish”.
- Valodim 2y agoHuh. Can't say I have ever thought or heard of several as "sevenish".