Do you know the astonishing origin of these words in the French language?

A

was once a

.

The

was a

, and the

a

.

Like a yoyo, the French language is a constant back and forth.

The meaning of words is in motion, it evolves.

This is the richness of languages.

Some of our words seem, to the ear, to have no family relationship.

However, they have a common history.

Take the

that loathsome hair rodent.

It used to be called

, the same name as our gallinacea, flagship of Molière's homeland,

.

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Did you know that

comes from

?

No wonder when you know that this word originally means

.

But he is also the father of our

.

Irony of the language!

A

and

, a reptile and a

... Will you complete this test on the common etymology of words?