continued the history of english podcast.
in tennis, the word "love" comes from the french word for egg. so it's similar to how we say, "goose egg" for zero today. the french word for egg is "oeuf" so when you put the article "la" in front of it, you get "l'oeuf" and that became anglicized over time as "love"
let me explain the history of the word escape. it's a french word, and it goes back to late latin. and in latin, it was a combination of the word "ex" meaning "out of" and the word "capa" meaning a cape or cloak. so ex-capa literally meant "out of the cape" and at a time when most people wore some type of cape or cloak, it was used to refer to a situation where someone was seized by the cape, and he or she managed to get away by quickly unfastening the cape. since the fleeing person was out of the cape, they were ex-capa. and that produced the word, "escape"
let me explain the history of the word escape. it's a french word, and it goes back to late latin. and in latin, it was a combination of the word "ex" meaning "out of" and the word "capa" meaning a cape or cloak. so ex-capa literally meant "out of the cape" and at a time when most people wore some type of cape or cloak, it was used to refer to a situation where someone was seized by the cape, and he or she managed to get away by quickly unfastening the cape. since the fleeing person was out of the cape, they were ex-capa. and that produced the word, "escape"
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