Nagle Notes: Flammable
Hello friends,
What does inflammable mean? Something that can burn. So what about flammable? Also the ability to burn. So why do the two words seem to be opposite but are instead synonyms? Because of Latin. Inflammable uses the Latin prefix - in meaning "to cause to". In English today we now see - in as not.
What to take away from this? First think about it like when you inflame something you light it and cause it to become more intense. The second is to use nonflammable if you don't want the object to burn. But more interesting is how weird word etymology is. And language in general. Keep learning.
Onwards,
Nagle
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