Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25582606-20150211145702/@comment-2153169-20150217015010

TrumpetofTheSwan wrote:

"In French, the word for birthmark is “envie” (desire); in Italian, it's “voglia” (wish or craving); and in Spanish, it’s antojo (whim or craving). The use of these words for “birthmark” can be attributed to the popular tale associating the occurrence of a birthmark to the mother’s unfulfilled desire, wish, whim, or craving during pregnancy." - http://birthmarks.com/HTMLArticle.cfm?Article=343

Except I'm French and I can tell you the word "envie" for birthmark is completely obsolete today xD It was used during the 16th century and then it disappeared. Since that, we use "marque de naissance" which is the litteral translation of birthmark, so ^^