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Cross posted from: Latin@lemm.ee

lingua latina pater linguarum dimidum est ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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[โ€“] PortugueseDragon@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It also referred to currency in Portugal when we had a monarchy, precisely because of the meaning of "regal".

[โ€“] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks for pointing that out, I had totally forgotten about that, was only thinking of the Escudo.