58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·16 hours agoProbably the same way you got pineapple from Ananas.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-216 hours agoSo the proposal is that “bicycle” was replaced by something completely etymologically unrelated and that has never been productively used in English? I think that’s unlikely.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·15 hours agoEh, it’s a fruit that looks like a pinecone and white people are really unimaginative when naming things sometimes. Pineapple
Probably the same way you got pineapple from Ananas.
So the proposal is that “bicycle” was replaced by something completely etymologically unrelated and that has never been productively used in English? I think that’s unlikely.
Eh, it’s a fruit that looks like a pinecone and white people are really unimaginative when naming things sometimes. Pineapple