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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

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?

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