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clamhurt_legbeard ago

Um, yeah? It's a common word, and the current word in other Romance languages.

They called it that because under the microscope it looks like a crown.

TraditionalCode0 ago

Well, Umm yeah.

So you seem to be suggesting that the words corona and crown are not associated, but are simply both 'common words'. Is that correct?

The decision on why to choose the word as the name for the virus has nothing to do with the entymology of the word and doesn't make the statement incorrect.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

False, crown is directly derived from corona.

crown (n.)

early 12c., coroune, croune, "royal crown, ornament for the head as a symbol of sovereignty," from Anglo-French coroune, Old French corone (13c., Modern French couronne) and directly from Latin corona "crown," originally "wreath, garland," related to Greek korōnē "anything curved, a kind of crown," according to Watkins from a suffixed form of PIE root *sker- (2) "to turn, bend."

Link to etymonline

You know a lot about 'Romance languages'?

Yes, I speak one.

TraditionalCode0 ago

I've studied entymology my whole life and I happen to know what I'm talking about. All you've done is use some source's definition for crown which uses the french variation which is based from corona which again..........proves MY point, you moron.

You know.....I'm getting REALLY tired of these fake ass wannabe experts in nothing attempting to get outside their lane with nothing but bullshit to back it up.

Stay in your lane and stfu, or you'll just help me embarrass you. End it here.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

entymology

How does bug research help here?

Did you know corona comes from Latin?

definition

lol

It's good talking to a fellow beetle guy.

TraditionalCode0 ago

Etymology

The study of words.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Then why did you say you're a bug guy?

I've studied entymology my whole life

That's what you said.

TraditionalCode0 ago

My sincere apologies for misspelling a word in my hase and confusing you.

I'm multi-tasking right now and must have stuck an 'n' in there, huh?

Spell check and arthritis will also make me misspell a lot. Sue me.

Etymology is the study of words. Now you're resorting to semantics.

Did I spell that right?
Yes I did. Didn't want to confuse you.

Don't really have time for your nitpicking spell nazi attempts to weasel out of not knowing what you're talking about.

Reaching for the low hanging fruit now aren't you? Really?

Why did you say corona and crown aren't associated and then showed how they ARE?

That's what you did.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

lol

where?

TraditionalCode0 ago

Where WHAT?

Do you have a good question?

Where?

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Where did I supposedly said anything like what you pretend? lol what a dumbass.