A couple examples of this:
“SI units”, or the system of units based on the fundamental units of measurement (seconds, meters, amperes, candelas, moles, kilograms, kelvin) is short for *Système international*.
“FIFA”, the corrupt international soccer organization is short for *Fédération Internationale de Football Association* (same as FIBA)
Is this just a coincidence?
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France has been the western center of science and research for quite some time. The term for the default language that lets you discuss on a common ground (what today is English for the western world, as you see in this comment) is called Lingua Franca, which is latin for “the French language”.
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