anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down110
arrow-up1157arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squareSkyhighatrist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoThe etymology suggests that originally we just called livestock cattle (i.e. these are My animals, my property), and the name was so ubiquitous that when it came time to give the specific species a name, it stuck.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI just assumed otherwise, because that’s pretty funny if it’s true.
The etymology suggests that originally we just called livestock cattle (i.e. these are My animals, my property), and the name was so ubiquitous that when it came time to give the specific species a name, it stuck.
I just assumed otherwise, because that’s pretty funny if it’s true.