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hahaha good one :) reminds me that in french/latin languages the word for work (travail) is thought to comes from the latin tripalium an instrument of torture /
by peignoir 4y ago
hahaha good one :) reminds me that in french/latin languages the word for work (travail) is thought to comes from the latin tripalium an instrument of torture / or trabaculum ( could mean like a worker yoked to his job)
At the end of the days there are people willing to match their skills with a job and some who are not it s just a market equilibrium thing / demand never match the offer perfectly and innovations tend to displace work towards higher productivity…
source: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-etymology-for-work-in-some-Romance-languages-so-negative-Pt-trabalho-Sp-trabajo-Fr-travail-from-Latin-tripalium-a-torture-instrument-What-can-that-tell-us-about-the-culture-and-social-life-of-Late-Latin?share=1 https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-etymology-for-work-in-some-...