• @Buddahriffic
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    26 months ago

    Two words on completely different paths, probably headed in completely different directions, but then they smashed together and because they sound similar, one could end up inheriting the evolution of the other.

    • @[email protected]
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      36 months ago

      Yup. That phenomenon is called “analogical change”. The opposite happens too though! For example, “person” and “parson”.