[HN Gopher] Duenos Inscription
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       Duenos Inscription
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-06-27 00:58 UTC (22 hours ago)
        
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       | Sniffnoy wrote:
       | Good blog post about Old Latin inscriptions, though not so much
       | this partiuclar one, but talks about related material:
       | https://dannybate.com/2021/05/28/grave-language-the-epitaph-...
        
       | gfaure wrote:
       | The reason why the Latin prefix for "twice" is "bi-", while the
       | Latin word for two is "duo", is exactly the same sound change (dw
       | -> b) that turned archaic Latin "duenos" into "bonus" in
       | Classical Latin.
        
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