TIL the word "apron" comes from the Old French word "napron." Over time "a napron" became "an apron."
TIL the word "apron" comes from the Old French word "napron." Over time "a napron" became "an apron."
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orange is the same: "a norange -> an orange", hence "una naranja" in Spanish.
1 0 ReplyRebracketing is the standard linguistics term for this phenomenon, in case anyone's curious.
1 0 ReplyCheck out the YouTube channel "Rob Words", as he covered this. It was news to me too!
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