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MrBuddyCasino on April 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wanderwort

Random fact: the name of the Star Trek race Ferengi stems from the Wanderwort "Farang" (=Foreigner).

gpvos on April 11, 2022 [–]

The word Farang actually derives from the Franks, so it (at least originally) refers to Europeans.

(Added later:) The word "foreigner" is unrelated, it derives from Latin, so from before the emergence of the Franks.

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