re: “flammable” …. that word was literally created as a result of explosions and fires that were occurring because of ignorance. The prefix “in” having various meanings, you can see how the correct word, “inflammable” let to folks thinking that it meant “not gonna burn” instead of “really able to become inflamed, you fool!” My understanding is that this was not the result of a natural evolution of the language, but a sudden adoption of a new word via governmental edict….
re: “flammable” …. that word was literally created as a result of explosions and fires that were occurring because of ignorance. The prefix “in” having various meanings, you can see how the correct word, “inflammable” let to folks thinking that it meant “not gonna burn” instead of “really able to become inflamed, you fool!” My understanding is that this was not the result of a natural evolution of the language, but a sudden adoption of a new word via governmental edict….