▲ 862 ▼ Alchemy is so hot right now. (mander.xyz) submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 21 points 10 months ago (3 children) demon-strations ha permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (2 children) You can't spell "demonstrations" without "demon" (or "monstra"). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago I had a d&d one shot character named daemos monstra, he was an edge lord celestial warlock with a little unicorn familiar permalink fedilink source parent [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Demon I think comes from the Latin meaning "Show" and "money" also comes from "demonstra" to "show or represent value,from in terms of the hellish entity comes from "Demonic spirits" as in "the ones who show themselves, as opposed to the spirits that don't show themselves. "Monster" comes from monstra, which is from demonstra, a monster is a specific spirit that shows itself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (2 children) You can't spell "demonstrations" without "demon" (or "monstra"). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago I had a d&d one shot character named daemos monstra, he was an edge lord celestial warlock with a little unicorn familiar permalink fedilink source parent [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Demon I think comes from the Latin meaning "Show" and "money" also comes from "demonstra" to "show or represent value,from in terms of the hellish entity comes from "Demonic spirits" as in "the ones who show themselves, as opposed to the spirits that don't show themselves. "Monster" comes from monstra, which is from demonstra, a monster is a specific spirit that shows itself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago I had a d&d one shot character named daemos monstra, he was an edge lord celestial warlock with a little unicorn familiar permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Demon I think comes from the Latin meaning "Show" and "money" also comes from "demonstra" to "show or represent value,from in terms of the hellish entity comes from "Demonic spirits" as in "the ones who show themselves, as opposed to the spirits that don't show themselves. "Monster" comes from monstra, which is from demonstra, a monster is a specific spirit that shows itself. permalink fedilink source parent
