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Cross posted from: Latin@lemm.ee

lingua latina pater linguarum dimidum est ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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

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[โ€“] fxomt@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Between old french and english, middle english; the word /reuler/ split, and became two words: ruler ๐Ÿซ…, and ruler ๐Ÿ“. Same word, same origin, different meaning.