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Originally Posted by Columbine
I checked my etymology dictionary and it says that 'One' was originally pronounced like the 'on' part of 'only' or 'un' but the now-standard pronunciation "wun" began c.14c. in southwest and west England (Tyndale, a Gloucester man, spells it 'won' in his Bible translation).
There was nothing interesting about 'win', but in my medieval english dictionary it lists three 'wones' as a completely different words meaning "as accustomed to doing"; "a dwelling" and "an abundance"
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Interesting...
Thank you very much for the information!
It's interesting to know how the words changed or changing...
Can you tell me how to explain this properly?
"When the time goes by the languages change" makes sense?