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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: origin of double letters in English zmjezhd #176387 04/26/2008 9:58 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Sometimes we inherit the double letters from the language we got the word from. Words like illegal and immoral we got from Latin where the il and im respectively were from a prefix in- with the n assimilated by the following letter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted origin of double letters in English twosleepy 04/25/2008 7:30 PM Re: origin of double letters in English zmjezhd 04/25/2008 8:03 PM Re: origin of double letters in English Faldage 04/26/2008 9:58 AM Re: origin of double letters in English BranShea 04/26/2008 10:27 AM Re: origin of double letters in English Faldage 04/26/2008 10:35 AM Re: origin of double letters in English Jackie 04/26/2008 2:32 PM Re: origin of double letters in English BranShea 04/26/2008 4:52 PM Re: origin of double letters in English The Pook 04/27/2008 4:51 AM Re: origin of double letters in English BranShea 04/27/2008 3:22 PM Re: origin of double letters in English twosleepy 04/27/2008 7:55 PM Re: origin of double letters in English Faldage 04/27/2008 8:27 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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