Cuneiform is kind of a wedge issue.
OK, ha ha, you see what I did there. Cuneiform means 'wedge-shaped', from Latin cuneus 'wedge' plus form. But really, cuneiform was a wedge – one that slowly divided things that had been connected, but also one that slowly worked its way in, like a foot in the door.
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