LGBTQIA+ on Sidechat | I just realized that Second (measure of time) and Second (like after first place) are spelled the same and I can’t even linguistically explain how this happened

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I just realized that Second (measure of time) and Second (like after first place) are spelled the same and I can’t even linguistically explain how this happened

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Anonymous 4w

it’s originally roman, I believe! “minutus primus” is the first division into parts of an hour “minutus secundus” is the second division into parts of an hour minute just got shortened to “part” instead of “first”, basically

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Anonymous 4w

i’m confused bc they’re not 2 diff words. it’s one word with multiple meanings

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Anonymous 4w

Yea I already realized that… it’s more complicated than I can explain through text it’s ok

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Anonymous

#2 4w

same reason minute as in time and minute as in little are spelled the same

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Anonymous

#2 4w

Thank you! This is what I mean

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