Bonkers Etymology
I’m not a native English speaker and I’m sometimes surprised by the etymology of some words. Here are some of them.
| attire | tyre | An attire for the wheel. |
| carribean | cannibal | Same origin, people of the east. |
| chair | cathedral | Both about sitting. |
| muscle | mouse | The muscle of the arm looks like a mouse. |
| flour | flower | Flour is the flower of the wheat. |
| flammable | inflammable | Okay, they are not related but mean the same thing. |
| vaccine | cow | The first vaccine was made from cowpox. |
| California | Calida Fornax | Hot furnace. |
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