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Colors in Latin (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/latin@lemm.ee

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[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's similar, but:

Wolf = lupus

Dog = canis

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So gray is dog colored to the Romans. I suppose the Romans had a lot of gray dogs.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The romans did like their wardogs! The word canus comes from *ḱeh₂s- (bright grey, which is also where we get the word for hare). Canis is from *ḱwṓ or *ḱun- (dog). So they're false cognates

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Interesting. Thank you for edifying me.