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minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink2•4 days agoApparently not, but it is interesting how similar they sound. https://www.etymonline.com/word/overseer https://www.etymonline.com/word/officer
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 days agoKRS-One was not wrong. Just because the words had different origins centuries ago doesn’t mean that people didn’t use them in largely synonymous ways more recently. It’s not like racist pigs are researching linguist history.
Do these words share an origin?
Apparently not, but it is interesting how similar they sound.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/overseer
https://www.etymonline.com/word/officer
That’s a cool site. Thanks for sharing that!
KRS-One was not wrong. Just because the words had different origins centuries ago doesn’t mean that people didn’t use them in largely synonymous ways more recently. It’s not like racist pigs are researching linguist history.