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1. Word Family - Centum

   January theme: 98, 99, 100! 💯

   Introduction

   This is the 100th Word Family Friday in 100 weeks, and the last before I take a break for a few weeks to work on infrastructure and pad my buffer. I originally had a different idea, but then I realized I of course had …

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2. Word Family - Seven

   Introduction

   This week begins a very loose July "theme" of a handful of miscellaneous everyday words, before we move into some strongly themed months for most of the rest of the year.

   For 2017-07-07, I just had to do "seven".

   All words mean "seven" unless otherwise specified.

   Teaser

   seven, hepta- …

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3. Word Family - Two

   June theme: Pride In Words 🏳️‍🌈

   Teaser

   two, duet, bi-, icosahedron, twin, nonbinary

   Full Text

   • Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ two

     • Albanian dy two
     • Old Armenian երկու erku two ^[1]

       • Armenian երկու erku two
       • Old Armenian կրկին krkin double, doubled, iterated

         • Armenian կրկին krkin double, again, once more
     • Balto-Slavic *duwō two

       • Lithuanian du two …

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