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Re: [romanceconlang] About semantic shifts in Romance langs
- From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@hidden.email>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:12:44 -0500
- Subject: Re: [romanceconlang] About semantic shifts in Romance langs
- To: romanceconlang@hidden.email
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> This one is nice! Any idea how "porta" came to be used for "mouth"?
Well, the mouth is like a gate to the stomach.
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