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[–] reddig33 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There’s a period in English, but we don’t say period. We say point.

I was wondering about French because they also have the word “point”, but looking it up they say “and” or sometimes “comma”.

[–] calcopiritus 4 points 7 months ago

A point is a dot though. Isn't it? In spanish "punto" means "dot". It probably comes from latin.

[–] Linnce 2 points 7 months ago

In portuguese point and period are the same word "ponto"