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words wholly unrelated

• genius & ingenious: The former from gignere (to be born). The latter from ingenium (clever).
• sacrilegious & religious: The former from sacra legere (to purloin sacred objects). The latter from religare (to bind).

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   the L. masculus “masculine, male” (cf. Prov. mascle, Sp. macho, It. maschio), dim. of mas (gen. maris) “male person or...

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   mmm, word origins are so interesting :)

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    and ingenious both come...gignere. Or so says the Online Etymology Dictionary. That...

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    this is actually pretty interesting. if you think about it, they’re loose interpretations.

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    genius & ingenious: The former from gignere (to be born). The latter from ingenium (clever). sacrilegious & religious:...

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    I guarantee that I will bring this up in conversation sometime in...next couple of days....

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    Here, I will join in...fun and refer to a post I made, in a similar spirit: Wysteries...

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    ingenious for this reason alone: Oh, baby! You’re so ingenious! Kenneth: I know. Me: Do you even know what ingenious...

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