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Worth remembering "lottery" also derives from Genoa's "lotto", which was betting on public elections were 5 members of the Great Council were drawn out of a 90
by riffraff 2y ago
Worth remembering "lottery" also derives from Genoa's "lotto", which was betting on public elections were 5 members of the Great Council were drawn out of a 90 candidates pool.
- alberto_ol 2y agoDo you have any source? I did not not find any reference to Genoa in dfferent dictionaries (in English and Italian). https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=lottery https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=lottery https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lottery https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lottery https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/lotteria/?search=lotter%C3%ACa%2F https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/lotteria/?search=lotter%... https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/lotto/?search=l%C3%B2tto%2F https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/lotto/?search=l%C3%B2tto...
- riffraff 2y agosorry for being misleading! I didn't mean the word, but the actual gambling game which became popular in Genoa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Medieval_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Medieval_history EDIT: I notice wikipedia is unsourced too, but Britannica mentions it https://www.britannica.com/topic/lottery https://www.britannica.com/topic/lottery