• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Rhynoplaz
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      21 year ago

      I just assumed otherwise, because that’s pretty funny if it’s true.