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🔗 Caption: “Barrow”—precursor to the game of “wheelbarrow.” No alt text Disqus comments Archived Page
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI don’t think that’s correct. The “barrow” here effectively means “to carry”, which also crops up in “bear” (in the sense of bearing a burden, a child, arms).
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI also saw to carry as an option. I wonder how those meanings converged.
I don’t think that’s correct. The “barrow” here effectively means “to carry”, which also crops up in “bear” (in the sense of bearing a burden, a child, arms).
I also saw to carry as an option. I wonder how those meanings converged.