Timeline for Why is "dentist" preferred to "stomatologist"? [closed]
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| Jun 19, 2021 at 19:20 | history | closed |
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 16:27 | comment | added | jsw29 | It is not clear what kind of an answer can be expected to a why-question of this sort: it is unlikely that there is any deep reason why English happens to have developed in this way. The fact that English speakers use dentist more frequently is not any more in need of an explanation than the fact the speakers of some other languages prefer (some version of) stomatologist. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 15:57 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Probably for the same reason a student reading jurisprudence would tell most people they were studying law. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 15:16 | answer | added | fev | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 15:15 | history | reopened |
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 14:31 | history | edited | fev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 14:26 | history | edited | fev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 13:57 | comment | added | Mitch | In US English, that word is ... very rare (= never used; do your own Google NGrams). I had no idea what it was, but then with the prompt of dentist all I can think is that it is some one who... I don't know... fills cavities? Dentists (in the US) do a lot more than that. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 12:45 | history | closed |
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 12:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 12:20 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Did you Google it? It's a term for a specialty in dentistry. Few people who are not dentists would be familiar with the word. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 11:51 | comment | added | Lambie | [in English class, for your information]. english.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask | |
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