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What's an interesting etymology for a common term?

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What's an interesting etymology for a common term?

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Alternatively, we’ve been saying Pterodactyl wrong this whole time
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  Not all languages say “Pterodactyl” with a silent P.
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    I’ve even seen some that it’s a stop /-/terodactly

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