bosco@selentelechia·Apr 4, 2021yo @QiaochuYuan I just found out "male" and "female" might not be etymologically related and it's fucking me up82111
QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)@QiaochuYuanReplying to @selentelechiawhoa this is amazing the root of “female” is apparently “to suck” lmao 😂😂😂12:02 AM · Apr 5, 2021·Twitter for iPad2 Quote Tweets45 Likes
SLURPLE BRAINED @bantablack·Apr 5, 2021Replying to @QiaochuYuan and @selentelechiaIn here before this goes viral4
Critter@BecomingCritter·Apr 5, 2021Replying to @QiaochuYuan and @selentelechiadudes rock girls ... uhhhhhhh11
stove@nolemonnomelon·Apr 5, 2021Replying to @QiaochuYuan and @selentelechiahow does "dhei" become "femina"?12
stove@nolemonnomelon·Apr 5, 2021interesting, i'm inferring from this that they believe something like this happened with the consonant "dhe" -> "the" -> "fe"13
american biologist@95thoughts·Apr 5, 2021Replying to @QiaochuYuan and @selentelechiaI’d say ‘dudes rock’ but the etymology of virtue says it should be enough on it’s own1