27 Jul
2010
27 Jul
'10
5:28 p.m.
P.S. Both "homme" and "on" in French comes from the Latin "homo".
Yes, and the derivation of “on” from “homme” was apparently inspired by the Early German construct Mann -> man (that was maybe not spelt that way at the time). Ironic, that now some advocate the use of “mensch” in German to replace “man”... Arthur