Word roots and routes: fall and case

Next in a series of posts exploring some of the ‘roots’ and ‘routes’ of English vocabulary. Like tell and count, fall and case are a Germanic/Latin pair which have followed similar parallel routes. Outside my window the wind’s howling, rainfall‘s turning to snowfall, nightfall‘s starting in mid-afternoon, and there’s a...

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