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English is full of “lexical gaps,” words that are implied to exist but don’t, because we borrowed a ...

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English is full of “lexical gaps,” words that are implied to exist but don’t, because we borrowed a bunch of words from Latin but not other, related words. Somebody made a chart to show it↓ https://t.co/zBYUnNAslO

English is full of “lexical gaps,” words that are implied to exist but don’t, because we borrowed a bunch of words from Latin but not other, related words. Somebody made a chart to show it↓ https://t.co/zBYUnNAslO