“Sewer” in Modern English originally just meant “conduit.” That came from Anglo-French sewere, from the Old North French sewiere, meaning “sluice from a pond.” It more figuratively meant “something that makes water flow.” All the rather gross stuff going into a sewer do not exactly remind one of the simple freshness of a mill pond with its sluice. But the word’s got to come from somewhere, I suppose.
12 dezembro 2016
“Sewer” in Modern English originally just meant “conduit.” That came from Anglo-French...
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