2007-02-08 23:43:08 · 9 answers · asked by jarynth2 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
For the same reason that "bellum" and "bello" are spelled almost the same - sheer coincidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goropius for a historical example of your phenomenon.
2007-02-16 16:02:46 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because an enemy can be a pain in the but and as far as the enema goes it can be too ,but we won't go there!! HA!!
2007-02-09 07:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by linda bug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coincidence.
2007-02-09 11:34:20 · answer #3 · answered by Nikkers 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Language evolution has it that loads of words in different languages may resemble each other -coincidence.
Look here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enemy (Latin)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enema (Greek)
2007-02-09 10:23:28 · answer #4 · answered by supersonic332003 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bad luck. Nobody thought, until now, that somebody would waste any time detecting that
2007-02-09 14:44:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
most words have other words with very similar spellings.
2007-02-09 07:46:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because thats the way they did it the historical people.noone can change it
2007-02-14 07:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by angele d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are both unwanted
2007-02-09 14:43:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because they both deal with arseholes
2007-02-09 07:50:30 · answer #9 · answered by ByeBuyamericanPi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋