Why do so many words in English begin with a silent “p” like psychiatrist or pterodactyl?

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Why do so many words in English begin with a silent “p” like psychiatrist or pterodactyl?

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Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl use the bathroom? Because it’s pee is silent.

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Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl use the bathroom? Because it’s pee is silent.

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Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl use the bathroom? Because it’s pee is silent.

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Pwell; pwords phave porigins. Pmany pof pthese porigins pcome pfrom pother planguages. Pfor pinstance, ppppsychology p comes pfrom “ppsyche”….. k, I’m done with this. The other answers are right.

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Pwell; pwords phave porigins. Pmany pof pthese porigins pcome pfrom pother planguages. Pfor pinstance, ppppsychology p comes pfrom “ppsyche”….. k, I’m done with this. The other answers are right.

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Weird silent letters in English words are clues to where they come from – for example, most words that start with a silent “p” come from Greek.

You can learn more about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdRY0x2x6PQ

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Weird silent letters in English words are clues to where they come from – for example, most words that start with a silent “p” come from Greek.

You can learn more about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdRY0x2x6PQ

Anonymous 0 Comments

Fun fact: helicopter comes from the roots “helico” which means spiral and “pter” which means “winged” or “flying”

It’s helico-pter. But people tend to call them heli-copter.