647
Oh no my harvest is too bountiful (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
106 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 30 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

Fun fact: "nuclear" ultimately comes from the Latin nucula, 'little nut'. The c and l being adjacent is the result of metathesis, similar to pronouncing "ask" as "ax".

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Now go further back. Where does the latin word nucula come from?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    went further back lol

    Latin: Nux - nut nuculus - diminutive of nut ("little nut")

    Proto-Indo-European: kneu - nut

    I can't find much on where the -culus suffix originated, which seams to be the the place we would want to look if trying to tie the pronunciation of nuclear to the earliest etymological root.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •