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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 11, 2016 at 5:29 am
(September 10, 2016 at 11:51 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Thinking random sleep-deprived thoughts.
If a female Emperor is an Empress, and a female Prince is a Princess, then why is a female King a Queen rather than a Kingess?
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It seems likely that its because while the other words have Romance roots which simply put a female identifier on the male term, queen comes from Germanic roots which used a separate word entirely, one derived from the Old Germanic for wife.
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September 11, 2016 at 8:39 am
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September 11, 2016 at 3:08 pm
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 11, 2016 at 4:50 pm
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September 11, 2016 at 5:38 pm
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September 11, 2016 at 5:57 pm
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 11, 2016 at 7:42 pm
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 11, 2016 at 8:32 pm
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