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BONUS: A Year of Russian
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BONUS: A Year of Russian

The Slavic word for "year" shows up in many Russian terms that appear otherwise unrelated. There's a reason for that.
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The Latin verb mittere — meaning “to send” — forms English words from transmit to remittance to submission. Other languages have similarly ubiquitous roots lurking throughout their vocabulary. Take Russian, for example. John explains.

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