58008 to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish · 6 days agoHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?message-squaremessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?58008 to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBuffaloxlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·6 days agoProbably the same way you got pineapple from Ananas.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 days agoSo the proposal is that “bicycle” was replaced by something completely etymologically unrelated and that has never been productively used in English? I think that’s unlikely.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days agoEh, it’s a fruit that looks like a pinecone and white people are really unimaginative when naming things sometimes. Pineapple
Probably the same way you got pineapple from Ananas.
So the proposal is that “bicycle” was replaced by something completely etymologically unrelated and that has never been productively used in English? I think that’s unlikely.
Eh, it’s a fruit that looks like a pinecone and white people are really unimaginative when naming things sometimes. Pineapple