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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 04:12 PM Aug 20

Flammable or Inflammable? And Other Word Pairs That Share a Root

Non-Inflammable?

https://wordsmarts.com/flammable-inflammable/


Ever wonder how English ended up with near-twin words like “inquire” and “enquire,” or “flammable” and “inflammable”? These “etymological twins” — words with shared roots but divergent paths — reveal surprising histories behind some of our most familiar terms.


Learn from this, but always eschew obfuscation.

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