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> Anton Sherwood scripsit: >> What are other examples of Classical roots beside Vulgar roots? John Cowan wrote: > CAPUT vs. TESTA (Italian testa, French tete). > Iberia stuck with CAPUT, I don't know what Romania did.I meant specialized use within one language, as elsewhere in the doublets thread. A better example: <capo> v <testa>, <chef> v <te^te> and so on. (I guess Spanish <jefe> comes from French?)
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