Why the wierd terminology in Interval theory?

LawMan

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Tritone, Perfect 5th, Major 3rd, etc.

Why not just say (e.g. 2 semitones apart, or 2 whole tones apart, etc.)?

Why all the high-falutent and confusing terms?
 
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