Reposted by Vera Morgen
The grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related.
The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.”
The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.”
Both are a means to an end.
![@Ygrene
[From Basement]: *scary murdery noise*
Me: oh shit
Me: *makes slightly more scary more murdery noise*
[From Basement]: Oh shit](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w4mumltio4x5yohskj2mo64c/bafkreig2xtbedfpu5ihb66ovjqdp6my3isblwbbmklxvbyua5ue5jpcuhi)
