>the Romance languages borrowed their names of the cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west) from English
What the fuck? Why?

>>213073266 (OP)
Wait until you find out about the word for boat
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bat#Old_English

oh hahahahaha i get it i get it!!!! *claps hysterically*

>>213073410
Maybe medieval Englishmen were really good boatmakers

>>213073488
I don't get it

>>213073266 (OP)
I think for latin it must be something like boreal, meridional, occidental and oriental

>>213073266 (OP)
septentrión/boreal, meridión/austral, oriente, occidente?

For the south, the French have Midi and the Italians have Mezzogiorno

>>213074116
jojo

>>213074144
I like Jojo Bernard too but he's a Ch'ti, not a southerner

>>213073410
I don’t get it, this are all similar so it’s easy to assume that it’s derived from latin.

>>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

>>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.

>>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

>>213073410
Boat isn’t a Norman word (bateau)?

>>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.