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I think buttons for clothing were around centuries before electric push buttons, and the electric buttons were named for the clothing buttons they resembled. Is
by gweinberg 4y ago
I think buttons for clothing were around centuries before electric push buttons, and the electric buttons were named for the clothing buttons they resembled. Is that not so? So the fact that "button" in French could mean "push" would just be a coincidence, since you don't push clothing buttons. Or at least I don't.
- tantalor 4y agoThe push/thrust refers to the button itself, not what you do with it. > a button is, etymologically, something that pushes up, or thrusts out https://www.etymonline.com/word/button https://www.etymonline.com/word/button
- lupire 4y agoHow do you fasten a button, if not by pushing it? Do you pull.