(non-native speaker)

Is there a reason why the English language has “special” words for a specific topic, like related to court (plaintiff, defendant, warrant, litigation), elections/voting (snap election, casting a ballot)?

And in other cases seems lazy, like firefighter, firetruck, homelessness (my favorite), mother-in-law, newspaper.

  • Nougat
    2•3 months ago

    It starts with proto-Indo-European (PIE), and is a fantastic mixture of history and language and how the two intersect. And no ads!