Re: [romanceconlang] About semantic shifts in Romance langs

From: Nik Taylor (fortytwo@gdn.net)
Date: Sun Jan 21 2001 - 11:12:44 EST


Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> This one is nice! Any idea how "porta" came to be used for "mouth"?

Well, the mouth is like a gate to the stomach.

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