lobelia581@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agowhat do you call something that was once a house?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down123
arrow-up1599arrow-down1imagewhat do you call something that was once a house?lemmy.dbzer0.comlobelia581@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squarejasondjlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·3 years 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-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 years agoIs it really a contraction if it’s just two words stuck together? Pretty sure a contraction is shortened.
minus-squarejasondjlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years 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.