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Today You Learned (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if that's from/related to the French "égal," meaning "equal," thus "it's all the same to me." I see German has its own unrelated word for "equal," but borrowing another language for cursing purposes is as common as merde, pardon my French.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Very possible, we have an older way of saying "ist mir egal" that is "ist mir gleich", which means equal. So, something is equal to me, i dont care either way, neither option matters.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Ah, so basically French fo “6-7” :D

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

According to Wiktionary, it is indeed a 17th century borrowing from French égal