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orteil42:

absolutely zero relation between italian portamento and french porte-manteau

for anyone else curious:

portamento = Italian, “slidey music thing”

porte-manteau = French, “suitcase thing”

portmanteau = English, “a new word made from two other words”

they are all related to each other etymologically but they do mean three completely different things

(via extreme-technicality)

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