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The surprisingly connected origins of "energy" and "work". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #energy #work

https://youtube.com/shorts/4fUIqcScQWo

Alliterative/Endless Knot

@AllEndlessKnot@toot.community · 2 weeks ago

The surprisingly connected origins of "energy" and "work". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #energy #work

https://youtube.com/shorts/4fUIqcScQWo

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Court Cantrell prefers not to

@courtcan@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Thus, if something delights me, then that something has distracted me from what previously enticed me.

"I am delighted with your plans" means "I am so utterly pleased with your plans that what I was doing before I heard your plans is no longer interesting to me."

#LANGUAGE IS SO FUCKING COOL, Y'ALL

#linguistics
#WordNerd

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Court Cantrell prefers not to

@courtcan@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

"delight"<-- de- + light <--This particular "light" comes from

"delite" (ME) <-- delit & delitier ( #OldFrench) <-- dēlectāre ( #Latin) <-- de- + laciō (Lat), in which "lacio" <-- *lakjō ( #ProtoItalic), meaning "to allure."

At some point, the spelling of "light" ("light") influenced the spelling of "delite," making the #English word seem to share the same origins.

But where the root of "light" means "to shine," the root of "lite" in "delight" means "to entice."

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Court Cantrell prefers not to

@courtcan@mastodon.social replied · 4 weeks ago

Thus, if something delights me, then that something has distracted me from what previously enticed me.

"I am delighted with your plans" means "I am so utterly pleased with your plans that what I was doing before I heard your plans is no longer interesting to me."

#LANGUAGE IS SO FUCKING COOL, Y'ALL

#linguistics
#WordNerd

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