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Re: [romanceconlang] Romance doublets



 > 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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