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kaberett ([personal profile] kaberett) wrote2021-05-28 11:55 pm
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quick adventure in etymology

German nun, Latin nunc, English now: all apparently from PIE *nu (etymonline, to be going on with).

(With thanks to [personal profile] simont for setting me wondering!)
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