2006-10-22 05:13:34 · 7 answers · asked by math 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
For the same reason we call them buildings instead of builts. Or the same reason we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway.
And why are pictures square when a camera lens is round?
Just some of life's many mysteries.
Actually the word apartment comes from the Latin "appartire" which means to apportion or divide.
2006-10-22 05:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by kidd 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because you live apart from other people.
2006-10-22 05:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by ihopeusleptwell 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because if you move into one with the wrong person you finally see that you were 'ment' to be A-P-A-R-T.
2006-10-22 05:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by older, not wiser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why call it hamburgers when it is not ham?
Why call it a boxing ring when it is a square?
2006-10-22 05:22:07 · answer #4 · answered by xxon_23 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for the same ill logic that we call them ments and you cant eat them.
2006-10-22 05:19:45 · answer #5 · answered by gee wiz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose we could call them COMpartments!
2006-10-22 19:01:39 · answer #6 · answered by Oghma Gem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ironic isn't it?
2006-10-22 09:57:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋