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Etymology – For fans of word and phrase origins to learn and share interesting findings

Hello all! I just created an Etymology community since I noticed there wasn't a local one for those of us on LemmyWorld. Hope to see it grow. :)

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  • Subscribed

    Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.

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