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LAT.005 Latin and the Romance Languages
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Latin testa meant an earthen pot or shell, but French tête and Italian testa can mean head. What does this history demonstrate?
A
The modern words are unrelated because their meaning changed
B
Semantic change occurs only in borrowed words, never inherited ones
C
Latin caput never referred to a head
D
A concrete word can shift meaning and replace an older everyday term such as caput
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