🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 2 years agoAnon watches lord of the ringssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1401
arrow-up1401imageAnon watches lord of the ringssh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 2 years agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareamiolinkfedilink7•2 years agoWell, way back when, wizard just meant wise man (wise + -ard). The connotation with magic is centuries older than Tolkien, though.
minus-square@Sotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoActually, ard is a negative suffix, as in drunkard, sluggard, etc… Wizard meant wise guy.
minus-square@Sotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years 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.