Did countries used to actually be *Count*-ries?
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from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 06 Oct 15:24
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According to this website, the etymology for country is as follows:
Count (like counting up numbers) has a different root:
If you’re referring to the title of Count:
So basically no, it doesn’t look like there’s any connection between between country and count, they’re just similar sounding words.
Vun nation, ahahaha! Two nations, ahahaha! Three nations ahahaha!
no, you’re thinking of counties