• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Or you know, from the old (and current) French “Parent”, which itself came from the Latin “Parentem”. But I guess making a quick search isn’t as fun as making shit up.

    • lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Nah man, that doesn’t sound right. See “pair rent” is much more believable. Everyone knows that these conspiracy things always need to rhyme or sound similar or have the same letters but rearranged. Not be the same word in another language, that’s just bunk.

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      9 months ago

      Well, the book didn’t say that’s the origin of the word. Just that the happenstance of it being similar to the phrase makes the government like using the word.