Comment on How do you call a word that is so rudimentary that it can't be defined without being redundant?

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TheYear2525@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The vast majority of words in natural languages aren’t created by somebody like an invention. They slowly form over time and over populations. In fact, I don’t think any of the words in your comment were “coined” in the sense that, say, Shakespeare coined “dwindle”.

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