• @Nutteman
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    54 months ago

    Looks like we can thank the Dutch language for that one

    • @[email protected]
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      64 months ago

      Looks like loose is from Germanic/Old Norse, “laus”

      And lose is from Old English, “los”

      Also looks like I can’t stand to look at either of these words for a few day now.

      • @Nutteman
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        24 months ago

        From my tiny amount of research eventually it passed through the Dutch layer and ended up as “loose” from those origin points before being adopted into english