T-Rex: Isn't it interesting how "maroon" can mean both "left alone" and refer to a dark purpley colour?
T-Rex: THE CORRECT ANSWER HERE IS "YES", OKAY??
T-Rex: The colour sense comes from the French "marron", or "chestnut", whose colour it is supposed to reflect! And the castaway version comes from Spanish "cimarrón", meaning something that is wild or untamed! It's just CRAZY COINCIDENCE that these two separate words ended up being the same in English. We stole the French word and the Spanish word and then smushed 'em together and made them kiss and now they're the same word!!
Utahraptor: Well, they're not REALLY the same word, right?
T-Rex: Sure they are!
Utahraptor: I'd argue they're different words that HAPPEN to have the same surface phonology. Like identical twins! They look and sound the same, but they're different people and one of them is evil. You just can't tell by looking at them!
T-Rex: Oh my goodness you've just given me a great idea for my new autobiography!!
T-Rex: I mean... "novel"?
