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Re:Id Software Is Trying to Stop a Man Who Wants to Name His... by tobr on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:16AM (#29217274)
Is this an attempt at sarcasm? The etymology mentions proto-indo-european, which predates Id by a little bit.
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Re:Id Software Is Trying to Stop a Man Who Wants to Name His... by thaumasiotes on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:52AM (#29217483)
> The etymology mentions proto-indo-european

That doesn't mean much. Compare https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot :

> "goods taken from an enemy, etc.,"

> from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch"

This would make it a cognate of rape, by the way.

But being traceable to Proto-Indo-European doesn't tell you anything about the age of the English word. That is a loan from Hindi, and only dates back to the British Raj.

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