Did you guys know that "luck" came from the word "Lucifer"?
My mom said so. And I'm sure she knows better, of where the word came from Luc ifer: Luc k
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And did you know that the word "Cretin" comes from the word "Christian"? from the On-line Etymology Dictionary...
cretin
1779, from Fr. Alpine dialect crestin, "a dwarfed and deformed idiot," from V.L. *christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow."
I'd go with 'Luck' if I had the choice.
That's silly. Everyone knows "luck" is the past tense of "lick" (you know, like stick and stuck?). It comes from the fact that to lick means to beat or win, as in "OK, we've got it luck now". Sheesh!
Wow. Your mother said so, eh? This may be the first in a long sequence of events for you where "my mummy said" is not considered definative evidence for a fact. Or, you could learn from this experience and pick up a fucking BOOK.
"Lucifer" means "bringer of light" in Latin, from "lux," light, and "ferro," to bring.
Your mom said so? So what?
RD, you're stupid, and your stupid mother dresses you funny.
Lucifer:
lux, lucis: light
Thus, "bringer of light."
Your mom is an idiot.
Lucifer is Latin. Luck is Dutch. You FAIL.
In this case, we don't have fossils. We have dictionaries. We win.
(PS: Lucifer comes from Latin lux-ferre meaning light-bearer since it meant morning star. Luck comes from Dutch gelücke variant glücke, which is where Glück, the German word for luck, also comes from.)
(PPS: I actually don't blame you or your mom. Folk Etymologies aren't restricted to fundies. You're just adding religious conviction to ignorane which is unforgiveable.)
EDIT: Honestly, you guys, you have no right to hound her on ety mology, when you can't even spell it right!
Isn't Lucifer a name for the "morning star" which is Venus?
So luck comes from the planet Venus?
I don't think I'm ever going to figure fundamentalists out.
Also, Saturday comes from Satan!
SATurday, SATan, you can see the connection.
You're best to just kill yourself every friday night, and revive on sunday morning, to avoid the temptation of so much as breathing to glorify Satan on his day.
Etymology: Middle English lucke, from Middle Dutch luc; akin to Middle High German gelücke luck
In short: your mom is a moron.
I can't believe no one has made this obvious joke yet? Sorry, I know it's mean, but couldn't resist...
Did you guys know that "Rebekah" came from the word "retard"?
My mom said so. And I'm sure she knows better, of where the word came from
You are aware that Lucifer means "Bringer of light", aren't you?
So, where did your mom take her doctorate in etymology? Too bad she wasn't able to teach her daughter to form grammatically correct sentences.
Edit. And too bad I can't learn to spell... Stupid me!
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