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minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoIn french, gargoyle is “gargouille”. The verb to gargle is “gargouiller”. Used in a sentence, the word is the exact same. “Il se gargouille”/“He gargles”. I don’t know, to me it seems pretty clear they’re related.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoRelated yes, “comes from” (the claim made here) we don’t know that for sure
In french, gargoyle is “gargouille”. The verb to gargle is “gargouiller”. Used in a sentence, the word is the exact same. “Il se gargouille”/“He gargles”.
I don’t know, to me it seems pretty clear they’re related.
Related yes, “comes from” (the claim made here) we don’t know that for sure