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Re:The camel, the rope, and the needle's eye by kragen on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @10:12PM (#38455006)
the ones i'm thinking of are spanish, french, and portuguese, but i suspect it holds for most languages with a cognate of 'cult' and/or 'sect'

they used to be the other way around in english too

https://www.etymonline.com/word/sect

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cult

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