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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Apparently not, but it is interesting how similar they sound.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/overseer

https://www.etymonline.com/word/officer

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

That's a cool site. Thanks for sharing that!

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

KRS-One was not wrong. Just because the words had different origins centuries ago doesn't mean that people didn't use them in largely synonymous ways more recently. It's not like racist pigs are researching linguist history.