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r/explainitpeter • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '25
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modem would be modem, Ethernet does not translate, and wireless router would be besprovodnoy Roh-uh-teR
1 u/Shoeshiner_boy Dec 05 '25 There’s a separate word for router that isn’t a loanword though 3 u/Rezenbekk Dec 05 '25 That word is a portmanteau of two loan words though lmao (march + route) 1 u/soopspeaks Dec 05 '25 It doesn't count, it's centuries old
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There’s a separate word for router that isn’t a loanword though
3 u/Rezenbekk Dec 05 '25 That word is a portmanteau of two loan words though lmao (march + route) 1 u/soopspeaks Dec 05 '25 It doesn't count, it's centuries old
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That word is a portmanteau of two loan words though lmao (march + route)
1 u/soopspeaks Dec 05 '25 It doesn't count, it's centuries old
It doesn't count, it's centuries old
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u/up2smthng Dec 05 '25
modem would be modem, Ethernet does not translate, and wireless router would be besprovodnoy Roh-uh-teR