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Is this an attempt at sarcasm? The etymology mentions proto-indo-european, which predates Id by a little bit.
by tobr 5y ago
Is this an attempt at sarcasm? The etymology mentions proto-indo-european, which predates Id by a little bit.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> The etymology mentions proto-indo-european That doesn't mean much. Compare https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot : > "goods taken from an enemy, etc.," > from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch" This would make it a cognate of rape, by the way. But being traceable to Proto-Indo-European doesn't tell you anything about the age of the English word. That is a loan from Hindi, and only dates back to the British Raj.