Cross posted from: Latin@lemm.ee

lingua latina pater linguarum dimidum est 😎

I hope it’s okay for me to crosspost here.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My mind is really reading “tritium” instead of something like “re” with that h3reg in the middle.

    Also interesting to note: the word “rial” in arabic, also used to denote currency, descends from the portuguese/spanish real

    • fxomt@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yup, we call it riyals, or some people romanize it as rijals. I didn’t know it stems from portugal/spain, must have been related to al-andalus.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
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        1 day ago

        It’s from a later period, as al-andalus was a name mostly used during the islamic conquest in the 8th century, right? The first real coins are from 14th century Spain, while the peninsula was still divided between the northern christians and southern muslims