Some students had questions on etymology yesterday. Here are the answers I found.
Bison does not mean "two horns." Bison is a French word meaning "wild ox" and refers to its musky smell.
Quotidian is not related to quad (meaning four). Every qu word does not relate to quad.
Quotidian which means "daily," comes from the Latin quotus "how many" + dies "day"
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