@lobelia581@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agowhat do you call something that was once a house?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down122
arrow-up1600arrow-down1imagewhat do you call something that was once a house?lemmy.dbzer0.com@lobelia581@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-square@jasondjlink10•11 months agoWerewolf is a contraction of the Anglo-Saxon word ‘were’–which means man–and wolf; 'werewolf, man wolf. Source: I watched Prisoner of Azkaban last night. Warehouse, on the other hand, is literally a “house of wares”.
minus-square@wheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink8•11 months agoIs it really a contraction if it’s just two words stuck together? Pretty sure a contraction is shortened.
minus-square@jasondjlink7•11 months agoThose are Snape’s words, not mine. I suppose the proper term is Compound.
Werewolf is a contraction of the Anglo-Saxon word ‘were’–which means man–and wolf; 'werewolf, man wolf.
Source: I watched Prisoner of Azkaban last night.
Warehouse, on the other hand, is literally a “house of wares”.
Is it really a contraction if it’s just two words stuck together? Pretty sure a contraction is shortened.
Those are Snape’s words, not mine. I suppose the proper term is Compound.