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by marcosdumay 3429 days ago
Ops. Where did English get East and West from anyway that it became so different from latin languages?
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kej 3429 days ago
From PIE via Proto-Germanic:

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=east http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=west

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X86BSD 3429 days ago
Fascinating link, thank you! I know what I will be wasting away the day doing now.
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marcosdumay 3429 days ago
No kidding, "oeste" in Portuguese comes from the same word as in English, but I still mix them up. That's shameful.

Thanks a lot for those links.

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