🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoAnon watches lord of the ringssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down19
arrow-up1389arrow-down1imageAnon watches lord of the ringssh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoWell, way back when, wizard just meant wise man (wise + -ard). The connotation with magic is centuries older than Tolkien, though.
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoActually, ard is a negative suffix, as in drunkard, sluggard, etc… Wizard meant wise guy.
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoActually, that’s where it comes from anyway.
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI meant actually as in fun fact, not correction, sorry.
Well, way back when, wizard just meant wise man (wise + -ard). The connotation with magic is centuries older than Tolkien, though.
Actually, ard is a negative suffix, as in drunkard, sluggard, etc…
Wizard meant wise guy.
Actually, that’s where it comes from anyway.
I meant actually as in fun fact, not correction, sorry.