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These surprising etymologies of the French language with Françoise Nore!
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Francoise Nore.
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Did you know that "stress" and ...string have the same etymology?
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That the Latin verb
findere
gave rise to words like slit, fissure or… buttock?
That "pastis" comes from the Greek?
What are the origins, evolutions, disappearances and reappearances of these words?
Guest:
Françoise Nore
,
Doctor of Linguistics, author of "
I'm losing my Latin!
»,
published by l'Opportun.
And the column Elsewhere in Niger with the director Béto, artistic director of Forge Arts, who will tell us
about FESTHILY 2022
.
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