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		thaumasiotes on March 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Words that seem related but aren't (2015) The semantic connection is as much of a coincidence as the fact that they're anagrams. Testament is from a Latin word meaning "witness"; statement is from a word meaning "stand" or "standing".

jschulenklopper on March 7, 2022 [–]

Exactly. Thus one might think that they are related, but actually they aren't really.

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