Remi Villatel wrote:
> I don't know but my memory --which is what it's worth-- tells me that
> the word butterfly arose from the fact that English speaking people in
> Middle-Age thought that these flying bugs were attracted by butter
> because of the yellowish color of the very common butterflies.
I quote myself to add something:
http://www.aworldforbutterflies.com/etymology.htm
Maybe what I wrote was also a myth, but then it was very close from
reality. ;-)
Note to myself: etymology without an "h" because it comes from Latine
--even if it originates from Greek. ;-)
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