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Gangue (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently, this word got borrowed from French gangue, which borrowed it from German, where it's called Gangart.

I am German and after looking at the German translation, I was a bit surprised that they're so similar. Well, that's why. 🙃