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Ironically, the wages of government representatives are also called "diets" in German. I'd say "diet" for "Ernährung" just fell out of use at some point and was
by pluma 8y ago
Ironically, the wages of government representatives are also called "diets" in German. I'd say "diet" for "Ernährung" just fell out of use at some point and was reintroduced when diet fads became a thing.
- gaius 8y agoThe Vietnamese parliament is called the Diet but I don’t think it’s etymologically related.