58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoProbably the same way you got pineapple from Ananas.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months 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-up3arrow-down1·2 months 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