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Anonymous United States No.213073266 [Report] >>213073410 >>213073704 >>213073770 >>213078570
>the Romance languages borrowed their names of the cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west) from English
What the fuck? Why?
Anonymous United Kingdom No.213073410 [Report] >>213073667 >>213074361 >>213076488 >>213076549 >>213076657
>>213073266 (OP)
Wait until you find out about the word for boat
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bat#Old_English
Anonymous Turkey No.213073488 [Report] >>213073667
oh hahahahaha i get it i get it!!!! *claps hysterically*
Anonymous United States No.213073667 [Report]
>>213073410
Maybe medieval Englishmen were really good boatmakers

>>213073488
I don't get it
Anonymous Argentina No.213073704 [Report]
>>213073266 (OP)
I think for latin it must be something like boreal, meridional, occidental and oriental
Anonymous Argentina No.213073770 [Report]
>>213073266 (OP)
septentrión/boreal, meridión/austral, oriente, occidente?
Anonymous France No.213074116 [Report] >>213074144
For the south, the French have Midi and the Italians have Mezzogiorno
Anonymous United States No.213074144 [Report] >>213074245
>>213074116
jojo
Anonymous France No.213074245 [Report]
>>213074144
I like Jojo Bernard too but he's a Ch'ti, not a southerner
Anonymous France No.213074361 [Report] >>213076546
>>213073410
I don’t get it, this are all similar so it’s easy to assume that it’s derived from latin.
Anonymous Brazil No.213076488 [Report] >>213076549
>>213073410
>The Spanish/Portuguese word "barco" translates to "navis" in Latin. This term refers to a ship or boat. The word "barco" itself is derived from the Latin "barca," which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek "βᾶρις" (bâris). Same for the other romance languages, i imagine, specially Italian
Also, the japanese got their word from the Portuguese sailors.

In resume this wiki article (def wrote by a dumb chud like you) is wrong and you are retarded
Anonymous United States No.213076546 [Report]
>>213074361
>I don’t get it, this are all similar so it’s easy to assume that it’s derived from latin.
Except its not.
>Old English bāt, of Germanic origin.
Anonymous Brazil No.213076549 [Report]
>>213076488
>>213073410
>The Spanish/Portuguese word "barco" translates to "navis" in Latin. This term refers to a ship or boat. The word "barco" itself is derived from the Latin "barca," which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek "βᾶρις" (bâris).
Same for the other romance languages, i imagine, specially Italian
Also, the japanese got their word from the Portuguese sailors.

In resume this wiki article (def wrote by a dumb chud like you) is wrong and you are retarded
Anonymous United States No.213076657 [Report]
>>213073410
Boat isn’t a Norman word (bateau)?
Anonymous Italy No.213078570 [Report]
>>213073266 (OP)
Because they seemed more practical when the French brought them.
We still have the originals, not used a lot, and they are still not archaic: settentrione, meridione, occidente, oriente.