Cross posted from: Latin@lemm.ee

lingua latina pater linguarum dimidum est 😎

I hope it's okay for me to crosspost here.

  • PortugueseDragon [he/him]
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    11 hours ago

    It also referred to currency in Portugal when we had a monarchy, precisely because of the meaning of "regal".

    • undeffeined@lemmy.ml
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      6 hours ago

      Thanks for pointing that out, I had totally forgotten about that, was only thinking of the Escudo.