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Re:Are Plants Farming Us? A Thoughtful Look at Nature's Sile... by coldtea on Monday April 14, 2025 @05:07AM (#43679449)
>The word “domesticate” comes from the Latin domus, which means “house.” Who’s the one living in a house? Not the wheat. It’s the Sapiens.

Etymology never made for very compelling arguments.

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Re:Are Plants Farming Us? A Thoughtful Look at Nature's Sile... by hollerith on Monday April 14, 2025 @05:08AM (#43679455)
"Free" derives from an Indo-European word that means "one of the loved ones".
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Re:Are Plants Farming Us? A Thoughtful Look at Nature's Sile... by actionfromafar on Monday April 14, 2025 @05:43AM (#43679611)
Something about this free-wheeling non sequitur, if you even can call it that, is incredibly hilarious to me!
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