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Re:Rimac Nevera Hits 412kph to Become World’s Fastest Produc... by davidw on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:51AM (#33611634)
I wonder what the etymology is. Sounds superficially like "neve", Italian for snow, but it doesn't sound like it's an actual snowstorm.
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Re:Rimac Nevera Hits 412kph to Become World’s Fastest Produc... by matek on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:15AM (#33668850)
>I wonder what the etymology is.

Yep, it's of Romance origin, etymological dictionaries list it as originating in Venetian nevèra, with an understandable semantic shift.

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