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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Kuunha 46 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Portuguese equivalent to the English "BC" ("before Christ")

A.C. - Antes de Cristo

The artist is from Brazil https://www.instagram.com/dragonartebr.official

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Oh nice! That makes good sense. Thank you for that!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Thanks for the clarification! Is 'aliens' the same word in Portuguese or did the artist use an English word or was this a translation?

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think it's a loan word. The root "alien" exists in words like *alienado* (alienated) or *alienação* (alienation), but as a single word alien/aliens I think comes from English.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 5 points 4 months ago

My memory failed for a bit, as another commenter said, the actual word for alien in Portuguese is *alienígena*, but nowadays many shorten it to alien (likely due to English influence)

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

A bit of a correction, alien has its roots in Latin, alius (other) -> alienus (belonging to other), which spread over the places the Romans conquered. Since it's Latin, it's also the why most legal documents love using "alienate" when it comes to transferring ownership of stuff

No idea when alien started to be used to refer to extraterrestrials.

[–] Kuunha 5 points 4 months ago

Could be "alienígena", but we use "alien" too. It's shorter

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Same thing as AD but more archaic. No idea why the cartoonist used it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante_Christum_natum

Edit: Wait, that doesn't make sense.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Ah, ok, then it does make sense. I was confused. Still weird though.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

eyyyy a name check for my man Bede. Love that guy.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No lol, don't try to explain it if you don't know what you're talking about.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

I literally said my explanation didn't make sense. I'm not sure what more you want from me. I have yet to get my time machine in functional order. I think I misread the instructions from IKEA.