grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-215 days agoWizard originally meant a wise or learned personthelemmy.clubimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down11
arrow-up1301arrow-down1imageWizard originally meant a wise or learned personthelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-215 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squarekarashta@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·21 days agoThe ending “ard” meant being in a specified condition. Coward- in an easily cowed condition, Dullard- in a dull condition, Drunkard- in a drunk condition, Wizard- in a wise condition
minus-squareTacticalToothbrush@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·21 days agoBard
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·21 days agoThanks, I love me some entomology facts
minus-squareHazel@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·21 days agoThanks, I love me some etymology facts :3
minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·21 days agoBass - born in fishy circumstances
minus-squareHazel@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days agoBastard is ‘having been conceived on a bast’, old French word for ‘saddle’. I take it to mean something like not having been conceived at home with the usual suspect (the wife) but elsewhere.
The ending “ard” meant being in a specified condition.
Coward- in an easily cowed condition, Dullard- in a dull condition, Drunkard- in a drunk condition, Wizard- in a wise condition
Bard
Thanks, I love me some entomology facts
Board
Thanks, I love me some etymology facts :3
What about bastard?
Bass - born in fishy circumstances
Bastard is ‘having been conceived on a bast’, old French word for ‘saddle’. I take it to mean something like not having been conceived at home with the usual suspect (the wife) but elsewhere.
Oh no someone Shard my pants