anonymous to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?message-square168arrow-up1167arrow-down110
arrow-up1157arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?anonymous to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agomessage-square168
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoThe etymology suggests that originally we just called livestock cattle (i.e. these are My animals, my property), and the name was so ubiquitous that when it came time to give the specific species a name, it stuck.
minus-squareRhynoplazlink2•1 year agoI just assumed otherwise, because that’s pretty funny if it’s true.
The etymology suggests that originally we just called livestock cattle (i.e. these are My animals, my property), and the name was so ubiquitous that when it came time to give the specific species a name, it stuck.
I just assumed otherwise, because that’s pretty funny if it’s true.